TBI Publications

Objective: To investigate causes of death in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Utilized data from the TBI Model Systems National Database, the Social Security Death Index, death certificates, and the US population age-race-gender-cause– specific mortality rates for 1994. Patients: Two thousand one hundred ...

This study examined the capacity of the Seashore Rhythm Test (SRT) and the Speech-Sounds Perception Test (SSPT) to detect insufficient effort in a clinical sample. Forty-six participants with financially compensable mild head injury who obtained scores indicative of insufficient effort on multiple measures were compared to 49 participants with ...

The current study evaluated the utility of the Digit Span subtest in discriminating patients with mild head trauma from individuals referred for independent neuropsychological evaluation with objective evidence of poor effort. Various indices from the Digit Span subtest were evaluated to determine the best discriminator of brain injury from ...

The use of virtual environments with head-mounted displays (HMDs) offers unique assets to the evaluation and therapy of clinical populations. However, research examining the effects of this technology on clinical populations is sparse. Understanding how wearers interact with the HMD is vital. Discomfort leads to altered use of the ...

Objective: This study compared the accuracy of artificial neural networks to multiple regression and classification and regression trees in predicting outcomes of 1644 patients in the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems database 1 year after injury. Methods: Data from rehabilitation admissionwere used to predict discharge scores on the Functional ...

Objective: To determine the relationship of postconcussion symptoms (PCS) with functional outcome measures at 6 months postinjury and severity measures at the time of the injury in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Inception cohort study. Setting: Initial setting was Trauma I hospitals with community as primary follow-up ...

Objective: To investigate causes of death in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Utilized data from the TBI Model Systems National Database, the Social Security Death Index, death certificates, and the US population age-race-gender-cause– specific mortality rates for 1994. Patients: Two thousand one hundred forty ...

Objective: To determine national patterns of screening, prophylaxis, and treatment of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) within the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS). Design: e-mail survey instrument. Setting: Multicenter Regional TBIMS. Results: Fifteen of the 16 rehabilitation centers within the TBIMS responded to the survey ...

Study examined the utility of self-discrepancy theory (SDT) in explaining posttraumatic brain injury (TBI) depression and anxiety. SDT focuses on the congruence or lack of congruence between 3 aspects of self: the actual self, the ideal self, and the ought self. In this study, the SDT model was expanded ...

Three studies were conducted to examine the relationship between focal cortical lesion location and outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patients were grouped according to whether they had frontal only, fronto-temporal, non-frontal, or no lesions. Study 1 tested the hypothesis that focal frontal and fronto-temporal lesions would be associated ...

Study evaluated the reliability and validity of the StepWatch Activity Monitor (SAM) as a tool for assessing ambulatory activity in children. The SAM counts the number of steps taken by its user at 1-minute intervals for as long as 1 month at a time. Analyses showed that the SAM ...

Study evaluated the test-retest reliability of the Virtual Planning Test (VIP), an executive functioning test of planning and organization, in a group of healthy young adults as a precursor to determining the appropriateness of using the VIP to assess people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The VIP and the ...