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Leisure Activities Decline After Traumatic Brain Injury
During rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury, there is a focus on the recovery of functional abilities, such as walking, speech, or self-care. There is currently little to no attention given to the recovery of leisure activities after TBI, even though
Impairment Of Attention Skills After Pediatric Brain Injury
Attention is complex skill. It requires the ability to focus on an object or an idea, maintain that focus long enough for the information to be useful, filter out extraneous information, shift from one piece of information to another (or
What Predicts Aggression After Brain Injury?
Aggressive assaults on healthcare workers are common, and people with a brain injury are more likely than people without a brain injury to show aggressive behavior. In order to help healthcare workers predict which patients are most likely to be
Brain Injury Alert: A New Screening Tool For Children
When a child sustains a brain injury, some symptoms might be delayed because of different milestones of the developing brain. These delayed symptoms can be subtle, and are often within cognitive, social, or emotional skills. Current tools used to screen
Appropriations Update – June 6, 2011
Defense On Wednesday, June 1, 2011, the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee considered top line funding for defense programs in Fiscal Year 2012. The approved bill included $32.3 billion, $935 million more than the 2011 enacted level and $119 million more than the
Metamemory and Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Metamemory is the awareness and control of your ability to remember. This could include judging how well you remember something, detecting memory mistakes, or developing learning strategies. An impairment in metamemory can therefore hinder cognitive rehabilitation after a traumatic brain
Appropriations Update: May 23, 2011
TBI Act This week, BIAA, in collaboration with NASHIA, submitted a letter to both the Senate and House appropriations committees signed by more than 40 national and state organizations to urge appropriators to sustain and bolster funding for programs authorized through the
Predicting Seizures In The Acute Stage Of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Post-traumatic seizures are dangerous in the first week after a severe traumatic brain injury. Currently, the recommended guideline for a child at high risk for early post-traumatic seizures is to use an anti-epileptic drug for prevention. But, it can be
Antidepressant Use After Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, And Spinal Cord Injury May Interfere With Recovery
Depression is such a common symptom after injury to the brain or spinal cord that antidepressant therapy has become almost compulsory. Although research on outcomes of antidepressant use after injury has been mixed, patients are still put on antidepressant therapy
Abnormal Heart Rate and Autonomic Regulation After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
In a recent study of mild TBI patients, distinct differences in heart rate and autonomic regulation were found between people with and without a brain injury. People with a mild TBI are more likely than uninjured people to have higher
