Quantitative assessment of impairment in constructional ability by cube copying in patients with aphasia.

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether COMT Val158Met allele status was associated with (i) attentional performance and (ii) response to methylphenidate (MP) following traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Forty healthy controls and 32 patients with moderate-severe TBI (Mean time post-injury = 68 days) completed a b...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Willmott C,Ponsford J,McAllister TW,Burke R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:The effect of parental brain injury on children has been relatively little investigated. This study examines post-traumatic stress symptoms (PSS) and psychological functioning in children with a parent with an acquired brain injury. PARTICIPANTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS:The participants were 35 p...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kieffer-Kristensen R,Teasdale TW,Bilenberg N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the potential effect of age, gender and education upon the theoretically sound measure of sustained attention--Sustained Attention Response to Task (SART)--amongst a control sample and patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The SART is a simple and brief computer-assisted pr...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Chan RC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with brain tumours often report distress. Interpretive problems ensue when measures normed on healthy persons are utilized to quantify distress. This study investigated potentially spurious elevations on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL 90-R). Responses of 17 patients were obtained prior to aggre...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kaplan CP,Miner ME,Mervis L,Newton H,McGregor JM,Goodman JH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Goldstein emphasized the anxiety-related avoidance of activities after brain injury, but such avoidance has rarely been systematically investigated. This study aimed to compile a list of specific threat appraisals that may lead to avoidance and to obtain data on the frequency with which these appraisals and c...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Riley GA,Brennan AJ,Powell T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a conceptual model for treatment of the externalizing behavioural sequelae to an acquired brain injury and discusses relevant research. Use of the model by practitioners should lead to sophisticated and minimally intrusive intervention. In the model, there are two different categories of approache...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Ducharme JM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess cerebral blood flow (CBF) changes in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) using an arterial spin labelling (ASL) perfusion MRI and to investigate the severity of neuropsychological functional impairment with respect to haemodynamic changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-one patients with...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Ge Y,Patel MB,Chen Q,Grossman EJ,Zhang K,Miles L,Babb JS,Reaume J,Grossman RI

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing numbers of surviving head injured children and adolescents, there is a growing need to provide child neuropsychiatric services as a necessary component for their comprehensive rehabilitation. This paper discusses the critical role child psychiatry should have in pediatric head injury rehabilitation and...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Parmelee DX,O'Shanick GJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Written discourse of adolescents with closed head injury (CHI) was compared to that of normal controls. It was expected that the writing of adolescents with CHI would be disordered on one or more of the eight measurements used (productivity, efficiency, lexical, incomplete, or elliptic cohesion, global or local cohere...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Wilson BM,Proctor A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the national 30-day re-admission rate after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in insured patients under age 65 and to examine factors that predict re-admission. METHODS:This study reviewed data on patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of TBI in the MarketScan® database from 2010-2012. Patient...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Canner JK,Giuliano K,Gani F,Schneider EB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of social support on the physical activity behaviours of individual's with a traumatic brain injury. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS:The paper defines social support as a multi-dimensional construct and reviews relevant literature describing how the type and source of social suppor...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Driver S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between language functions and cognitive and functional outcome and to evaluate the effects of a conventional language rehabilitation programme on aphasic adult patients in the post-acute stage of traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN:Non-concurrent prospective study. Patients...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Demir SO,Altinok N,Aydin G,Köseoğlu F

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:Balance disturbances occur in ∼30% of concussion injuries, with vestibular dysfunction reported as the main contributor. However, few have studied oculomotor control post-concussion to assess vestibular dysfunction. RESEARCH DESIGN:The current research measured the differences in oculomotor control b...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Murray NG,Ambati VN,Contreras MM,Salvatore AP,Reed-Jones RJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Young individuals surviving severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently experience a wide range of cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences. This cross-sectional follow-up study investigated psychological outcome of young survivors in the chronic phase, and whether psychological outcome was assoc...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Doser K,Poulsen I,Wuensch A,Norup A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valproic acid, a primary anticonvulsant drug, has recently been studied for purported effectiveness in disparate disorders of mood and behaviour. The psychopharmacological treatment of patients with acquired brain injury frequently includes numerous trials of psychotherapeutic drugs such as antipsychotics, benzodiazep...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Wroblewski BA,Joseph AB,Kupfer J,Kalliel K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To examine the role played by two interviewing methods used in the evaluation of acute self-reported symptoms after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). METHOD AND PROCEDURES:A cohort of 354 mTBI-adult participants was recruited over a period of 36 months in emergency rooms of five Canadian trauma h...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Villemure R,Nolin P,Le Sage N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To gather information about brain injury (BI) survivors' long-term healthcare needs, quality, barriers and facilitators. RESEARCH DESIGN:Qualitative content analysis of data gathered in focus groups using semi-structured interviews. METHODS:Forty-four community-dwelling adults participated at two cl...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Dams-O'Connor K,Landau A,Hoffman J,St De Lore J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine publicly-available information on all identified cases of suicide in active or former American professional football players between 1920 and the spring of 2015. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Professional American Football in the US. PARTICIPANTS:A cohort of 26 702 athletes who had ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Webner D,Iverson GL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Blood-based biomarkers can provide valuable information on the effects of repetitive head impacts in sports. This study investigated if repetitive headers or accidental head impacts in soccer could cause structural brain injury, detected as an increase in serum neurofilament light (NfL) or tau.Methods: N...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Sandmo SB,Filipcik P,Cente M,Hanes J,Andersen TE,Straume-Naesheim TM,Bahr R

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a simulated functional task involving comprehension of a spoken passage, the performance of 20 traumatically brain-injured and 14 non-brain-injured control patients was compared under conditions which included the presence and absence of competing vocal stimuli. The subjects heard 10 target paragraphs which were ap...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kewman DG,Yanus B,Kirsch N

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) is used to obtain information about executive and emotional problems after neuropathology. The DEX is self-completed by the patient (DEX-S) and an independent rater such as a family member (DEX-I). This study examined the level of inter-rater agreement between eith...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Barker LA,Morton N,Morrison TG,McGuire BE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective pragmatic comprehension of language is critical for successful communication and interaction, but this ability is routinely impaired following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (1,2). Individual studies have investigated the cognitive domains associated with impaired pragmatic comprehension, but there remains lit...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Rowley DA,Rogish M,Alexander T,Riggs KJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RESEARCH DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. OBJECTIVE:To compare motor variables between patients with severe traumatic brain injury who emerge and patients who do not emerge from vegetative state, in an attempt to identify early motor manifestations associated with consistent patient improvement. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Tamashiro M,Cozzo D,Mattei M,Salierno F,Rivas ME,Alzúa O,Olmos L,Bonamico L,Leiguarda R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subject of Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour (ISB) amongst clients with neurological impairment, specifically Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and dementia, has received limited coverage to date within the literature. This paper discusses some of the problems encountered in the definition and quantification of ISB, in par...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Johnson C,Knight C,Alderman N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The presentation and evaluation of the Overt Aggression Scale-Modified for Neurorehabilitation-Extended (OAS-MNR-E). RESEARCH DESIGN:Inter-rater reliability study using data collection procedures mirroring clinical practice. METHODS AND PROCEDURES:Fifteen clinical staff representing five different d...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Giles GM,Mohr JD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if correlations exist between employment status and sexual functioning in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN:Descriptive cross-sectional. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred and forty-six English-speaking, community dwelling adults, without other neurological or psychiat...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bellamkonda E,Zollman F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine characteristics associated with physical activity capacity and performance in children with acquired brain injury (ABI). METHODS:58 children (32 men; age 11 years 11 months ± 2 years 6 months; Gross motor function classification system [GMFCS] equivalent I = 29, II = 29) >12 months post ABI were recruit...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Baque E,Barber L,Sakzewski L,Ware R,Boyd RN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of current level of functioning among clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often guides the establishment of realistic outcome goals for post-acute rehabilitation. Further, data generated from neuropsychological testing provide a clinician with a better understanding of a client's pattern of cognitive ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Neese LE,Caroselli JS,Klaas P,High WM Jr,Becker LJ,Scheibel RS

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown in a previous study that head injured patients appear to have a circadian rhythm of their body functions. This needed to be confirmed using additional data, better collection methods and analysis. Additional goals were to develop a method of detrending of physiological time series in order to improve...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kropyvnytskyy I,Saunders F,Pols M,Zarowski C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To explore whether baseline diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics are predictive of cognitive functioning 6 months post-injury in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). RESEARCH DESIGN:Seventeen patients with MTBI and 29 sex- and age-matched healthy controls were studied. METHODS AND PRO...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Miles L,Grossman RI,Johnson G,Babb JS,Diller L,Inglese M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00