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Like? Facebook Use After Traumatic Brain Injury
Online communities and social networking sites can be valuable to those with cognitive or social difficulties caused by traumatic brain injury. Virtual support systems can increase social participation and reduce isolation. Recent research shows that expressive online journaling appears to
Life After Acquired Brain Injury: How ABI In Children Affects Participation
Participation is defined as “involvement in a life situation.” Through this participation, children and adolescents acquire skills and competencies, and achieve physical and mental health. To increase understanding of how participation and recovery trajectories are linked in youth with acquired
Social Functioning In Children With Traumatic Brain Injury: Markers For Poor Adolescent Relationships
In the highly supportive environment of early childhood, children with traumatic brain injury do not show evidence of significant friendship problems. However, as children age, relationships become more complex, and children with TBI become more vulnerable to social isolation and
EEG Of Robotic Gait Training May Accurately Assess Brain Activity In Severe TBI
When a severe traumatic brain injury results in a disorder of consciousness, such as a vegetative or minimally conscious state, one question that families and clinicians want to know is—is there brain activity? Brain activity can predict coma outcome, and
The Party Planning Task: An Assessment for Adolescent TBI
Executive functioning is a mental skill that requires a higher level of thinking, such as planning and problem solving. Impaired executive functioning is common after a traumatic brain injury because it is associated with the prefrontal cortex, an area of
Specialized Rehabilitation Is More Efficient Than Non-Specialized Care After Spinal Cord Injury
In many countries, spinal cord injury patients are placed in non-specific rehabilitation units rather than a unit that is specialized to care for spinal cord injury (the same applies to brain injury). This practice may indicate a lack of specialized
Methylprednisolone May Worsen Muscle Atrophy In Spinal Cord Injury
A brief, high dose treatment of methylprednisolone within the first 8 hours of a spinal cord injury has been associated with improved functional outcome, and has therefore become a routine treatment. However, methylprednisolone is also related to adverse effects on
EEG Shows Evidence Of Fatigue After Sport-Related Concussion
Fatigue is one of the most common complaints after even the mildest of brain injuries. However, it can be difficult to assess and diagnose because it is often hidden by other common brain injury symptoms such as sleep problems, depression,
People With A Traumatic Brain Injury Have An Increased Risk For Future Stroke
People with a traumatic brain injury are at higher risk for developing certain neurological disorders. Post-traumatic seizures, hypopituitarism, and mood disorders have been well documented after traumatic brain injury. In addition, we know that a brain injury increases the risk
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
