The disablement experienced by traumatically brain-injured adults living in the community.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study presents a patient with a stroke who had total paralysis of his left-side limbs after intracranial haemorrhaging, who later experienced partial weakness of the right-side limbs after a subdural hygroma. Both conditions occurred without major trauma. He received two separate operations, a craniotom...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Lin SH,Chiu CC,Wang CY,Chen CH,Chang KH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain injury is classified clinically as severe, moderate or mild brain injury characteristics, including admission Glasgow coma score, duration of unconsciousness and post-traumatic amnesia and any focal neurological findings. Most traumatic brain injuries are classified as mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Headach...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： De Kruijk JR,Twijnstra A,Leffers P

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constructional apraxia was evaluated in patients with aphasia using a cube-copying task. It was assessed whether quantitative assessment of cube copying could be used to estimate the performance intelligence quotient (IQ) according to neuropsychological tests. Abnormality in the cube-copying test was observed in 42 of...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Maeshima S,Ueyoshi A,Matsumoto T,Boh-Oka S,Yoshida M,Itakura T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl bromide (MB) is a pesticide used primarily as a fumigating agent for homes, storage vehicles and soil. Chronic exposure to MB is known to cause damage to the central nervous system and other organs. Previously published post-mortem studies have also revealed significant brain abnormalities in patients whose dea...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Reidy TJ,Bolter JF,Cone JE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the hypothesis that children sustaining a mild closed head injury have a higher prevalence of premorbid behavioural problems than children in the general community. The prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems among children with a mild closed head injury was compared with the prevalenc...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Pelco L,Sawyer M,Duffield G,Prior M,Kinsella G

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare life-threatening disorder resulting from treatment with neuroleptic agents and other drugs that act as dopamine antagonists. NMS most often occurs shortly after the initiation, dose increase or withdrawal of the offending agent, but can rarely occur after long-t...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kouparanis A,Bozikas A,Spilioti M,Tziomalos K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews, analyses and provides commentary on the most recent literature concerning recurrent traumatic brain injury (RTBI) case histories. It is revealed that a significant proportion of TBI sufferers survive and recover most of the functions of daily living. However, relatively little is known about the ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Salcido R,Costich JF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the cognitive long-term outcome of two cohorts of patients neurosurgically treated for childhood traumatic brain injury (CTBI), either in 1987-1991 according to an older concept or 1997-2001 with a stronger emphasis on volume targeted interventions. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:Participants in the ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Aaro Jonsson C,Smedler AC,Leis Ljungmark M,Emanuelson I

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To examine and compare a sample of head injury care instruction forms available in hospital emergency departments (EDs) against evidence-based factors predictive of haemorrhage or traumatic lesions and to propose an easy-to-understand discharge instruction form for patients with concussion or mild tra...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Fung M,Willer B,Moreland D,Leddy JJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narcolepsy arising from trauma can present particular problems of differential diagnosis. In this case study presentation the patient suffered a head trauma, without unconsciousness, and began to experience unusual episodic behaviours. Symptom presentation differed from the typical clinical manifestations of idiopathi...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bruck D,Broughton RJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To systematically review the evidence of the effects of motivating rehabilitation interventions on outcomes in children with acquired brain injury (ABI). METHODS:A literature search of six databases was conducted to identify intervention studies published until July 2013. The American Academy for Cer...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Tatla SK,Sauve K,Jarus T,Virji-Babul N,Holsti L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To revise the scaling of the response sets of the Acquired Brain Injury Challenge Assessment (ABI-CA) through expert input and determination of empirically based cut-points. RESEARCH DESIGN:A measurement development study with a content validity focus. METHODS:Response option wording was revised thr...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： McArthur C,Venkatesh S,Warren D,Pringle D,Doerr T,Salbach NM,Kirkwood G,Wright V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe health and wellness characteristics of persons with TBI living in the community, compare to other disability populations and evaluate the associations between health-related constructs. DESIGN:Observational. SETTING:Outpatient rehabilitation hospital and a Veterans Affairs Medical Centre. PARTI...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Braden CA,Cuthbert JP,Brenner L,Hawley L,Morey C,Newman J,Staniszewski K,Harrison-Felix C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) has emerged as a candidate for prognosticating traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery, with APOEε4 identified as a susceptibility marker for poor outcome, despite large discrepancy in its reported influence post-TBI. METHODS:A systematic review was conducted, including all pr...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Lawrence DW,Comper P,Hutchison MG,Sharma B

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 determine the short-term cognitive and symptomatic outcome following mild traumatic brain injury. METHODS:Setting: Emergency Departments of two UK tertiary referral hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:Adult patients presenting to the Emergency Departments of the Royal London Hospital and Salford Royal Hospital with ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bloom BM,Kinsella K,Pott J,Patel HC,Harris T,Lecky F,Pearse R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each year, more than 1.7 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder following TBI is between 25-50%. There are no validated established strategies to treat TBI depression. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a novel puta...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Reti IM,Schwarz N,Bower A,Tibbs M,Rao V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward concussion in cyclists and to identify predictors of concussion knowledge. METHODS:Cycling organizations sent members a web link to online information about the study and a questionnaire. Anyone aged >16 years, living in New Zealand and engaged in a cycl...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： O'Reilly M,Mahon S,Reid D,Hume P,Hardaker N,Theadom A

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that Visual Midline Shift Syndrome (VMSS) following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) can be corrected with yoked prisms. RESEARCH DESIGN:This randomized study describes how the use of yoked prisms affects visual midline and documents the influence of yoked prisms on improving postural orientat...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Padula WV,Nelson CA,Padula WV,Benabib R,Yilmaz T,Krevisky S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of brain-injured patients' cognitive abilities on their working alliance (WA) with their therapist in post-acute rehabilitation. DESIGN:Cognitive tests were administered to brain-injured individuals at the beginning of post-acute, holistic brain-injury rehabilitation. Clients as well as...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Schönberger M,Humle F,Teasdale TW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feedback is a commonly used technique in neurorehabilitation. It functions to strengthen or weaken select relations between individuals' behaviour and their environment. The study of behaviour-environment relations is a focus of operant psychology, commonly referred to as behaviour analysis. Central to behaviour analy...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Schlund MW,Pace G

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the immediate and longer-term effects of an individually tailored, home- and community-based exercise programme with ongoing remote support in people with stroke on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), ambulation and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS:Twenty people 5.3 ± 3.5 months post ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Dunn A,Marsden DL,Barker D,Van Vliet P,Spratt NJ,Callister R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytic subtypes in different cortical regions of injured human cerebral cortex of 22 patients with brain trauma, vascular anomalies and brain tumours have been examined by means of light microscopy and conventional transmission electron microscopy. The cortical biopsies of frontal, parietal and temporal cortex wer...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Castejón OJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To document and critically evaluate the likely effectiveness of pharmacological treatments used in a sample of patients with Dysautonomia and to link these findings to previously published literature. RESEARCH DESIGN:Retrospective case control chart review. METHODS AND PROCEDURES:Data were collected...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Baguley IJ,Cameron ID,Green AM,Slewa-Younan S,Marosszeky JE,Gurka JA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of donepezil on cognitive ability in patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). We hypothesized that donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, would enhance cognitive recovery beyond that of usual care in an acute rehabilitation facility. METHODS:This retrospect...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Campbell KA,Kennedy RE,Brunner RC,Hollis SD,Lumsden RA,Novack TA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:Research suggests that post-concussive syndrome may become persistent after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The aim of this study was to investigate determinants of subjective complaints, characteristic for post-concussive syndrome, 23 years after mTBI. RESEARCH DESIGN:The study was a follow-up a...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Hessen E,Nestvold K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is commonly used to measure postural stability; however, it has demonstrated inconsistent reliability values when administered by humans. The Tekscan MobileMat™ was developed to automate the assessment of BESS errors and eliminate rater subjectivity. The objective of t...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Houston MN,Peck KY,Malvasi SR,Roach SP,Svoboda SJ,Cameron KL

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the case of a 16-year-old man who had sustained a traumatic head injury. Neuroradiological examinations showed haemorrhagic lesion in corpus callosum. The patient initially demonstrated several symptoms of disconnection syndrome; however, these clinical signs later resolved in subtle dysfunctions th...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Deloche G,Bussel B,Tougeron A,Denis P,Viteau B

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00