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Implicit and explicit memory in traumatic brain injury
Memory is a difficult concept to define. To remember something requires the complex processing of information such as time, place, emotions, or sensory input (sight, smell, sound, touch), in order have the ability to re-create that information at a later time. Scientists have long tried to define memory by using models to describe this process, [...]
Continue reading...World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) assessment for spinal cord injury
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
A high level quality of life is considered the ultimate goal in rehabilitation efforts for spinal cord injury patients. But, quality of life can be difficult to determine because of its subjective nature. A recent review of quality of life assessment tools found that the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) assessment was the [...]
Continue reading...Active versus passive coping after traumatic brain injury
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Coping with the negative effects of traumatic brain injury is an important aspect of a person’s ability to rehabilitate, as well as adapt to a changed lifestyle. There are different coping strategies that a patient can use. One is to actively confront a challenge by gathering information, cultivating skills, or changing a situation in order [...]
Continue reading...Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for brain injury is beneficial, but only within small time frame
Thursday, July 22, 2010
One of the more disturbing results of traumatic brain injury is that secondary damage can often occur after the initial trauma. Such secondary damage can lower oxygen levels in the brain—making tissue oxygenation through hyperbaric oxygen therapy a potentially promising therapy for traumatic brain injury. A recent animal study confirmed that a single treatment of hyperbaric [...]
Continue reading...Growth hormone replacement therapy improves cognition
Thursday, July 22, 2010
We are now beginning to understand that traumatic brain injury may often include damage to the pituitary gland—a small, pea-sized area of the brain that can easily be sheared or obstructed by the bony cradle it sits in. The result of pituitary gland damage can be hypopituitarism (a condition in which the pituitary gland doesn’t [...]
Continue reading...Glasgow Coma Scale not affected by alcohol intoxication
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
It is common perception that alcohol intoxication lowers the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) rating in cases of traumatic brain injury, and is therefore not a reliable rating for intoxicated patients. In a large study of nearly 500 TBI patients, however, no association was found between alcohol intoxication and GCS score. Only when controlling for injury severity [...]
Continue reading...Social outcomes of preschoolers with TBI
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
It is commonly thought that children show rapid improvement after a traumatic brain injury because of either increased neuroplasticity or the ability for young brains to re-organize after injury. However, research that supports this notion has often been limited to cognitive and motor skills. A recent study took a broader view of recovery after pediatric TBI. [...]
Continue reading...Late recovery of responsiveness and consciousness not the exception after vegetative state
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
It has been considered unlikely that a person in a vegetative state will regain consciousness beyond 12 months after a traumatic brain injury or 3 months after an anoxic or hemorrhagic injury. However, ongoing improvements in both research methodology and medical intervention may be changing this way of thinking. A recent study of long-term vegetative state [...]
Continue reading...The role of the pediatrician in mTBI
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Children who suffer from mild traumatic brain injury are often referred back to their primary pediatrician for follow-up care. A recent study found that 89% of pediatricians felt that they were the appropriate care provider for the follow-up of mTBI, however 59% of these did not participate in continuing education to learn more about TBI [...]
Continue reading...House of Representatives Passed a Historic Health Care Overhaul Package
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Dear Advocates, As many of you know, the House of Representatives passed a historic health care overhaul package late Sunday that marks one of the biggest victories in the history of the Brain Injury Association and for people affected by brain injury across the country. BIAA advocated tirelessly for more than a year to ensure [...]
Continue reading...- Depression has “additive effect” on mTBI symptoms
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