The Mayo Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 outcome measure is superior to UK FIM+FAM in a British military population.

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：INTRODUCTION AND AIM:This paper aims to outline the relationships between kinesiotherapy methods used in rehabilitation and the recovery of the patient's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs), improvement of functional condition, regression of pareses and improvement of conscious state following surgical...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Brzuszkiewicz-Kuźmicka G,Kuźmicki S,Domaniecki J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older age and female gender are known factors in the development of persisting post-concussion symptoms (PCS) after mild head injury (MHI), i.e. at 3+ months. Very few studies have examined longer-term symptoms. A recent review, however, established the importance of these variables in permanent PCS (18+ mon...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： King NS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess skeletal muscle showing a complete functional recovery after induction of pan-necrotic lesions in the right sensorimotor cortex in rats. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:A focal lesion of the right sensorimotor cortex was induced photochemically. Rats were divided into ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Abo M,Miyano S,Eun SS,Yamauchi H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of contractures with an increase or reduction of non-spastic muscle overactivity due to severe cerebral damage. METHODS AND PROCEDURES:Forty-five patients with tetraparesis after severe cerebral damage were investigated. Three groups were d...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Pohl M,Mehrholz J,Rockstroh G,Rückriem S,Koch R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disablement that occurs following traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be extensive and severe and consequently has been difficult to report on in a comprehensive and thorough manner. We were able to address this difficulty by analysing a sub group of data from the Canadian Health and Activity Limitation Survey (HALS)...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Dawson DR,Chipman M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few clinical tools available to assess communication skills following closed-head injury. This paper describes one such task in which the subject is required to explain a board game to a naive listener. The explanation is taped, transcribed and the content is quantified. Reliability studies demonstrated that...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： McDonald S,Pearce S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of restlessness after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common. Severe restlessness can be a barrier in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with TBI. The following case describes a patient with restlessness after a head-on motor vehicle accident. The patient was tachycardic, diaphoretic, demonst...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Teng CJ,Bhalerao S,Lee Z,Farber J,Morris H,Foran T,Tucker W

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While movement disorders are frequently encountered after brain injuries, and may create a host of complicated problems for the clinician, only a few cases of Parkinsonism associated with hydrocephalus have ever been described in the literature. Parkinsonism-like syndrome complicating hydrocephalus is a rare disorder,...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Aggarwal S,Childers MK,Jimenez D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to determine whether electro-acupuncture (EA) could alleviate cerebral oedema after cerebral ischemia. RESEARCH DESIGN:EA has been widely used for cerebrovascular disease in East Asian countries. However, whether EA might reduce cerebral oedema after stroke remains unclear. In...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Zhang F,Wu Y,Jia J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory deficit is one of the most frequent cognitive complications encountered after brain injury. It is recognized as difficult to treat. Over the past decades, various strategies of memory remediation have been used. Among them, prosthetic devices, such as notebooks and alarms, have shown some benefit. This study de...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kim HJ,Burke DT,Dowds MM,George J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the push for quantifiable outcome-based rehabilitation programmes, sensitivity to the integrity and uniqueness of the individual has been moved to the background. This has been particularly noticeable in the area of social skills therapy for persons who have suffered a traumatic head injury. We review some of the p...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： McGann W,Werven G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have difficulty dealing with the social world and may display inappropriate social behavior that negatively affects their social and occupational rehabilitation. This difficulty may be explained by a social problem-solving (SPS) impairment, but little is yet ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Saint-Jean M,Allain P,Besnard J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of applying a programme of multisensory stimulation to patients with severe diffuse traumatic brain injury, during their admission to a tertiary neurosurgical intensive care unit. We attempted to determine the nature and extent of any physiological or biochemical changes occurring as a res...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Johnson DA,Roethig-Johnston K,Richards D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biased responding on the Sternberg Recognition Memory Test was observed in four patients with traumatic brain injury. None of these individuals met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's (DSM-IV) criteria for malingering. Individual recognition memory scores were high shortly after injury, declined to chance or below...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bierley RA,Drake AI,Ahmed S,Date ES,Rosner M,Warden D,Salazar AM,Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program (DVHIP) Study Group.

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is described of repetitive familiar activities apparently accompanied by a hallucinated physical environment in an older brain-injured man with an amputation of the left temporal lobe. A parallel is drawn to the 'experiential hallucinations' described in psychomotor seizures and direct stimulation of the cortex...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bartolucci G,Berry J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Zolpidem is a non-benzodiazepine drug used for the therapy of insomnia, which has selectivity for stimulating the effect of GABA-A receptors. Recently, a paradoxical arousing effect of zolpidem in patients with severe brain damage has been repeatedly reported. METHODS:A placebo-controlled magnetic resonan...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Rodriguez-Rojas R,Machado C,Alvarez L,Carballo M,Estevez M,Perez-Nellar J,Pavon N,Chinchilla M,Carrick FR,DeFina P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate the association of periodontitis to orofacial health-related systemic impairment in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). Methods: Ninety individuals with ABI were included. Full mouth periodontal examination was performed. Orofacial health-related 'motor' and 'cognitive' scores, dysphagia and...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kothari SF,Nascimento GG,Jakobsen MB,Nielsen JF,Kothari M

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the relationship between family functioning and performance on two tasks of emotion recognition (emotional prosody and face emotion recognition) and a cognitive control procedure (the Flanker task) following paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) or orthopaedic injury (OI). METHODS:A...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Schmidt AT,Orsten KD,Hanten GR,Li X,Levin HS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:To study the variables that relate to outcome after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS AND PROCEDURES:Sixty-seven adults with disappointing recoveries after mild TBI most occurring in a compensation or litigation context were studied with regard to pre-injury, neuro-trauma, physical, emotion...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Mooney G,Speed J,Sheppard S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explanatory analysis of data from serial assessments of 30 patients with a diagnosis of vegetative state (persistent vegetative state) was carried out. The data were gathered using the Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitation Technique (SMART) and the Western Neuro Sensory Stimulation Profile (WNSSP) on the s...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Wilson SL,Gill-Thwaites H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The researchers sought to update information about the public's knowledge about brain injury and to document progress made toward correcting misconceptions. RESEARCH DESIGN:Survey replication. METHODS AND PROCEDURES:Three hundred and eighteen respondents from the lay public answered questions about ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Hux K,Schram CD,Goeken T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 12 subjects with brain injury who were treated with amantadine. Ten of the 12 subjects exhibited some improvement in cognitive and/or physical function while on amantadine. Areas most consistently showing improvement included focused and sustained attention and concentration, ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Nickels JL,Schneider WN,Dombovy ML,Wong TM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and permanent disability in children and adolescents. Although cognitive and behavioural effects have now been reported for all degrees of TBI severity in children, other aspects of functioning which might be related (such as psychosocial adjustment), have bee...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Andrews TK,Rose FD,Johnson DA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The goal of this study was to investigate if S100B serum protein could predict secondary intracranial haemorrhagic events (SIHEs) after mild head injury (mHI) in patients taking low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (LDA), making routinely repeated head computed tomography (RRHCT) scans unnecessary. METHODS:Three...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Ernstbrunner L,Korn G,Ernstbrunner E,Auffarth A,Tauber M,Resch H,Moroder P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium apiospermum is an environmental mould. Human infection caused by this organism is described more and more often. However, only a few case reports demonstrate its role as a telluric contaminant in patients affected by traumatism. This report is the case of a severe post traumatic infection by S. apiospermu...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Farina C,Arosio M,Marchesi G,Amer M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the effect of intravenous saline administration on orthostatic hypotension (OH) during head up tilt (HUT) and the change in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system before and after HUT in patients with severe acquired brain injury (ABI). RESEARCH DESIGN:The study is d...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Riberholt C,Olesen N,Hovind P,Mehlsen J,Petersen TH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study evaluated under double-blind placebo-controlled conditions, the safety and efficacy of 400 mg pramiracetam sulphate TID in treating memory and other cognitive problems of males who have sustained brain injuries. The results of the study indicate that subject performance in measures of memory, especia...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： McLean A Jr,Cardenas DD,Burgess D,Gamzu E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amantadine is currently recommended for use in patients of post-traumatic brain injury with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS). However, the application of amantadine in UWS after cerebral hemorrhage has only been rarely reported. This allows for a further exploration of the role of amantadine in the tr...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Gao Y,Ma L,Liang F,Zhang Y,Yang L,Liu X,Yang J

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) Describe trends in time to rehabilitation admission and rehabilitation length of stay (LOS), (2) compare functional independence at discharge from rehabilitation between patients who arrived directly from acute care versus those from elsewhere and (3) identify independent predictors of functional outcome...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Qannam H,Mahmoud H,Mortenson WB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00