TBI Publications

Study investigated the effects of aging on recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The functional outcomes in older patients (ages 50 to 89) and younger patients (ages 18 to 49) with TBI were compared with those of an age-matched group of people with orthopedic injuries. Outcomes examined were independent ...

Study examined the effects of a neuropsychologic rehabilitation program on the psychological and neuropsychological functioning of people with mild and moderate traumatic brain injury. Patients were assigned to: (1) the treatment group, which received 50 minutes of individual cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy and 50 minutes of individual cognitive remediation, 3 times ...

Study examined the healthcare billings for 63 survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) over a 19-month period. A total of $795,635 was billed to Medicaid for 3,950 services and medications used. A total of $281,897 was paid for these billings out of the Medicaid account. Motor disability at discharge ...

Article examines the adequacy of provider payment incentives through the Ticket to Work program for helping people with mental retardation/developmental disabilities (MR/DD) acquire and retain employment. The Ticket to Work provides financial support to employment networks that provide job acquisition and retention services to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or ...

Article reviews published literature as well as information from the Rehabilitation Services Administration 911 and the Social Security Administration Benefits Planning, Assistance and Outreach databases to describe return-to-work outcomes over the past 2 decades for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Over the years, there has been a shift ...

Traumatic injury is a relatively common occurrence, with approximately 40 million injury-related visits to emergency departments in the United States per year. Psychiatric complications of physical injury are a public health concern. Approximately 12% to 16% of survivors of traumatic injury are diagnosed with acute stress disorder (ASD), and ...

The influence of circadian preference was examined among 56 morning-oriented rehabilitation inpatients with cognitive (n ¼ 28) and noncognitive (n ¼ 28) impairments. Each individual was tested twice: morning (preferred time) and evening (nonpreferred time); sessions and test batteries were counterbalanced to control for practice effects. Standard measures assessed ...

The JFK Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) was developed to help characterise and monitor patients functioning at Rancho Levels I-IV and has been used widely in both clinical and research settings within the US and Europe. The CRS was recently revised to address a number of concerns emanating from our ...

BACKGROUND: The minimally conscious state (MCS) resulting from severe brain damage refers to a subset of patients who demonstrate unequivocal, but intermittent, behavioral evidence of awareness of self or their environment. Although clinical examination may suggest residual cognitive function, neurobiological correlates of putative cognition in MCS have not been ...

Many individuals who sustain severe brain injury experience prolonged or permanent disorders of consciousness. While these disorders may appear homogeneous, important distinctions exist in prognosis and clinical management. Studies suggest, however, that the incidence of diagnostic inaccuracy is high in both acute care and rehabilitation settings. In this paper, ...

There is no agreement as to where the limits of consciousness lie, or even if these putative borders exist. Problems inherent to the study of consciousness continue to confound efforts to establish a universally accepted theory of consciousness. Consequently, clinical definitions of consciousness and unconsciousness are unavoidably arbitrary. Recently, ...

OBJECTIVE: To update the previous evidence-based recommendations of the Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine for cognitive rehabilitation of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke, based on a systematic review of the literature from 1998 through 2002. DATA SOURCES: PubMed ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often presents clinicians with a complex combination of clinical elements that can confound treatment and make outcome prediction challenging. Predictive models have commonly used acute physiological variables and gross clinical measures to predict mortality and basic outcome endpoints. The primary goal of this study was ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often presents clinicians with a complex combination of clinical elements that can confound treatment and make outcome prediction challenging. Predictive models have commonly used acute physiological variables and gross clinical measures to predict mortality and basic outcome endpoints. The primary goal of this study was to ...

Study examined the relationship between community activities and satisfaction with these activities, the desires to change them, and global quality of life (QOL) among survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were obtained from 162 participants at 1 month after rehabilitation discharge and 12 months after injury using: (1) the ...

Study examined the relationship between outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the distance from the patient's residence to both the physician follow-up and to prescribed outpatient therapy. Participants were interviewed approximately 1 month after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation to collect information regarding living situation, location and nature of ...