abstract：:Although evidence exists for delayed recovery after traumatic brain injury, patients who do not receive rehabilitation early after their injuries often remain permanently in long-term care facilities. Case reports of five severely brain-injured persons who were discharged into long-term nursing care facilities for at ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bell KR,Tallman CA

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：: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：: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：: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 is followed by many changes in cognition, emotion, social interaction and functioning, and communication. These changes may range from severe to subtle. They create complex difficulties for the individual and his or her network of support. Presented here is a review of the literature on the chan...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Stratton MC,Gregory RJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covert orientation of visual attention was studied in eight closed head injury (CHI) subjects who fixated warning cues and pressed a button at peripheral target onset. Directional cues (arrows) indicated the most probable (p = 0.8) side of target occurrence while neutral cues (crosses) gave no directional information....

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Cremona-Meteyard SL,Geffen GM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain injury causing dysthermia has appeared to be not uncommon in institutionalized people with mental retardation. We sought to determine the characteristics and risks of patients of one institution. Of 1100 residents surveyed over 10 years 92 were reported to have unexplained high or low body temperatures, and 48 w...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Chaney RH,Olmstead CE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This double-blind study sought to discover if cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES), which is a known treatment of depression, anxiety and insomnia in non-head-injured patients, could be an effective, drug-free treatment of stress-related symptoms in the closed-head-injured (CHI) patient. In this study 10 CHI patie...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Smith RB,Tiberi A,Marshall J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationship of patient variables to caregiver distress and family functioning after TBI in 62 families. An extension of Kreutzer et al. 1994 (in press), the present investigation used four categories of predictor variables: indices of injury severity, neuropsychological tests, neurobehavioural...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kreutzer JS,Gervasio AH,Camplair PS

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:This study examined 59 patients who had suffered closed head injuries with respect to their MMPI scores and Category Test scores as assessed shortly post-injury and on subsequent assessment. The number of MMPI scales elevated above t = 70 on the first assessment was negatively correlated with the magnitude of improvem...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： MacNiven E,Finlayson MA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosocial outcome and recovery of a group of 31 consecutive adult patients with moderate to severe head injuries were prospectively investigated over a 2-year period. A friend control group was used for comparison purposes. We conclude that moderate and severe head injuries have a significant long-term impact on ps...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Dikmen S,Machamer J,Temkin N

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case history describes the successful use of a commercially available memory book by a brain injury survivor, including a description of the characteristics which made the book acceptable. Implications of the normalization principle for memory rehabilitation are also discussed. ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Fluharty G,Priddy D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early rehabilitation has been shown to minimize complications and optimize functional outcomes in head-injured patients. Although cognitive, behavioural and vocational issues continue for years after injury, many investigations maintain that physical improvement is limited after 6 months. At 12 months after injury, ex...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Tuel SM,Presty SK,Meythaler JM,Heinemann AW,Katz RT

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:The great majority of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is of mild severity, with Glasgow Coma Scores (GCS) of 13-15, post-traumatic amnesia of less than 48 hours and brief, if any, hospitalization. All mild TBI admissions to hospital were provided with education in the form of a brief interview and a brochure on minor hea...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Englander J,Hall K,Stimpson T,Chaffin S

更新日期：1992-03-01 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：: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：:The Visual Response Evaluation (VRE) was developed to meet the need for a formal and in-depth measure of visual responses in low-level brain-injured persons (Rancho Levels II and III) and to monitor and document minute changes in the recovery of these patients. Often, patients at these low functional levels exhibit li...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Davis AL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade the rehabilitation field has developed new, non-hospital based programmes of cognitive, behavioural, social, educational and vocational treatments to address the higher order cognitive, behavioural and social deficits following brain injury. These new arrays of programmes are referred to under t...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Cope DN,Cole JR,Hall KM,Barkan H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies we demonstrated the adverse effects of ethyl alcohol in murine head injury. Using this model in this study, effects of prior administration of pentazocine (Talwin) on the survival of mice are reported. Swiss Webster mice were randomly divided into one of three groups. Group I (n = 20) received pent...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Spillert CR,McDermott TM,Stefanacci PR,Lazaro EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively investigated long-term, multi-dimensional quality-of-life outcomes in 68 male patients who suffered pure head injuries and 63 male head-injured patients with associated multiple trauma. Results indicated that patients sustaining associated multiple trauma were significantly younger and more deeply c...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Moore AD,Stambrook M,Peters LC,Cardoso ER,Kassum DA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the discriminative validity of the McCarron-Dial System (MDS) in neuropsychological assessment. Multiple discriminant analysis results indicate that 92.6% of the brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged groups, and 69.6% of the right, left and diffused brain-damaged subgroups we...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Dial JG,Chan F,Norton C

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of four behavioural procedures in helping a head-injured adult to control diurnal and nocturnal enuresis. A multiple baseline, single subject research design was utilized to test the effectiveness of those procedures. Data were collected for a period of seven mont...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Garcia JG,Lam C

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to identify the passage dependency for three reading tests applied to the closed head injured (CHI) population and to determine whether reading the passage resulted in improved accuracy in responding to passage-related questions. Based on the performance of 10 CHI adults, passage dependen...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Rand MB,Trudeau MD,Nelson LK

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of medical variables and discharge functional status to vocational and educational outcomes was examined in 79 closed head-injured patients who were consecutively admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation hospital during a two-year period. A follow-up study, conducted after hospital discharge (median, 1...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Rao N,Rosenthal M,Cronin-Stubbs D,Lambert R,Barnes P,Swanson B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study had two main objectives: Firstly, to document the economic differences between 'ordinary' and 'aggressive' neurosurgical intensive care and secondly, to evaluate the medical benefits in relation to costs for different subgroups of head-injured patients. The study compares patients injured in traffic ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Sundbärg G,Norlund A,Nordström CH,Messeter K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who were deeply unconscious (GCS = 4) following head injuries, sustained whilst intoxicated with alcohol, became hypothermic due to cold exposure. Despite negative prognostic factors both underwent craniotomy and evacuation of large acute subdural haematoma. After intensive postoperative management and re...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Strachan RD,Whittle IR,Miller JD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the psychological dynamics among family members of patients with prolonged coma. We discuss the conflicts these families meet and how they affect their interpersonal relationships. Special focus is placed on overt and covert aggression towards the attending staff, an issue that has not received mu...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Stern JM,Sazbon L,Becker E,Costeff H

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:This study reports the improvement of verbal interaction skills in a 27-year-old severely head-injured male who presented with an inappropriate attention-seeking circumlocutory conversational style. The patient was baselined on verbal response to three differing question forms, and then treated using combined cognitiv...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Giles GM,Fussey I,Burgess P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the psychophysiological parameters involved in the processing of bisensory memory tasks and their recall in a group of 30 adult patients with closed head injury and a group of 29 normal controls. Utilizing an automated on-line computerized system, continuous recording of heart rate, galvanic skin r...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Levine MJ,Gueramy M,Friedrich D

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:This article provides a broad overview of the consequences of head injury and approaches to its rehabilitation. Of necessity, no specific area is covered in depth. Sufficient references are provided, however, for the reader who desires further information in any of the areas discussed. It is hoped that, by providing t...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Vogenthaler DR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00