abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether a mobile health application that employs elements of social game design could compliment medical care for unresolved concussion symptoms. DESIGN:Phase I and Phase II (open-label, non-randomized, ecological momentary assessment methodology). SETTING:Outpatient concussion clinic. PARTICIP...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Worthen-Chaudhari L,McGonigal J,Logan K,Bockbrader MA,Yeates KO,Mysiw WJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pulmonary oedema is accumulation of fluid in the lung air spaces and interstitia. Neurogenic pulmonary oedema (NPE) is a potentially life-threatening condition which has been noted in head injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and others. Timely management is crucial to ac...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Hegde A,Prasad GL,Kini P

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of a multidisciplinary outpatient follow-up programme compared to follow-up by a general practitioner for patients being at-risk or sick-listed with persistent post-concussion symptoms two months after a mild traumatic brain injury. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. PATIENTS:One h...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Vikane E,Hellstrøm T,Røe C,Bautz-Holter E,Aßmus J,Skouen JS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The influence of oestrogen and testosterone replacement on stroke risk has been examined, as well as mechanisms by which oestrogen may protect from post-stroke damage. However, whether testosterone levels in the early time period after haemorrhagic stroke influence long-term mortality has not previously been ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Cai J,Li J,Chen S,Meng J,Ren R,Li M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The objective of this paper is to identify the most frequent service needs, factors associated with needs, and barriers to care among Veterans and service members five or more years after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). RESEARCH DESIGN:Survey administered via telephone 5-16 years aft...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Schulz-Heik RJ,Poole JH,Dahdah MN,Sullivan C,Adamson MM,Date ES,Salerno R,Schwab K,Harris O

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on multiple postural indices that characterize body sway behaviour. METHODS AND PROCEDURES:The body's centre of pressure (COP) displacement was recorded from 11 individuals with a history of mTBI (29.4 ± 6....

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Degani AM,Santos MM,Leonard CT,Rau TF,Patel SA,Mohapatra S,Danna-Dos-Santos A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) on astrocyte injury induced by hemin. RESEARCH DESIGN:Primary astrocytes were isolated from Sprague Dawley rat pups and cultured in vitro. The expression of HO-1 was induced by hemin in a quantitative fashion and the ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Chen H,Wang X,Zhao Q,Zhang Z,Ye X,Hua F,Cui G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To define the prognostic value of head computed tomography (CT) in patients suffering from SICH after 3 years of follow-up. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:Between January 2011 and May 2012, consecutive patients with SICH who underwent brain CT scans within the first 12 hours of presentation were prospec...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Asadollahi S,Vafaei A,Heidari K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the reparative potential of a polymeric scaffold designed for brain tissue repair in combination with lipoic acid. RESEARCH DESIGN:Histological, cytological and structural analysis of a combined treatment after a brain cryo-injury model in rats. METHODS AND P...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Rocamonde B,Paradells S,Garcia Esparza MA,Vives MS,Sauro S,Ramos CM,Pradas MM,Soria JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify the most appropriate rehabilitation outcome measure for use in a young adult population with acquired brain injury. METHODS:A 2-year prospective study of patients admitted to a UK military neuro-rehabilitation unit with acquired brain injury to compare the appropriatenes...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： McGilloway E,Mitchell J,Dharm-Datta S,Roberts A,Tilley H,Etherington J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the mounting evidence that depression is one of the most common psychiatric sequelae in survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI), no studies so far have attempted to provide an explanation in terms of functional network integrity. This proof of concept study investigated the association between th...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Moreno-López L,Sahakian BJ,Manktelow A,Menon DK,Stamatakis EA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN OBJECTIVE:Disorders of consciousness (DOC; encompassing coma, vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) and minimally conscious state minus/plus (MCS-/+)) are associated with structural brain injury. The extent of this damage remains poorly understood and merits a detailed examination using novel...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Guldenmund P,Soddu A,Baquero K,Vanhaudenhuyse A,Bruno MA,Gosseries O,Laureys S,Gómez F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the best performing prognostic model using admission characteristics to predict mortality at 30 days and functioning outcome at 6-months post-admission in patients with moderate or severe brain injury. METHODS:Using a retrospective database (n = 1466 patients) of a tertiary trauma care centre, th...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Kamal VK,Agrawal D,Pandey RM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An important component of the multicentre Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) project is the development of improved quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods, including volumetric analysis. Although many studies routinely employ quality assurance (QA) procedures including MR and hum...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Wilde EA,Bigler ED,Huff T,Wang H,Black GM,Christensen ZP,Goodrich-Hunsaker N,Petrie JA,Abildskov T,Taylor BA,Stone JR,Tustison NJ,Newsome MR,Levin HS,Chu ZD,York GE,Tate DF

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To comprehensively describe the use of dexmedetomidine in a single institutional series of adult ICU patients with severe TBI. This study describes the dexmedetomidine dosage and infusion times, as well as the physiological parameters, neurological status and daily narcotic requirements before, during and aft...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Humble SS,Wilson LD,Leath TC,Marshall MD,Sun DZ,Pandharipande PP,Patel MB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:CC-chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) plays a pivotal role in reperfusion after stroke. This study assessed and confirmed the effects of CCR5 in experimental stroke via regulation of ROCK/P-MLC pathway. METHODS:Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into sham group, ischaemia-reperfusion group (I/R gro...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Li L,Zhi D,Shen Y,Liu K,Li H,Chen J

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate caregiver burden and factors associated with caregiver burden among family members of patients with severe brain injury in the chronic phase. Additionally, the study aimed at investigating differences in burden between parents and spouses. METHODS:Forty-four Danish caregivers of patients with ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Doser K,Norup A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of flavonoids isolated from aerial parts of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (SSF) on cerebral damage induced by okadaic acid (OA) in rats. METHODS AND PROCEDURES:OA was microinjected into the right lateral ventricle of male rats at a dose of 200 ng kg(-1) twice with a 3-day interva...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Zhang SF,Dong YC,Zhang XF,Wu XG,Cheng JJ,Guan LH,Shang YZ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in paediatric patients after the first year of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of locally administered allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), in the acute period after a TBI. METHODOLOGY:MSC were isolated from ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Mastro-Martínez I,Pérez-Suárez E,Melen G,González-Murillo Á,Casco F,Lozano-Carbonero N,Gutiérrez-Fernández M,Díez-Tejedor E,Casado-Flores J,Ramírez-Orellana M,Serrano-González A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) accounts for more than 75% of traumatic brain injuries every year. This study examines the temporal association between non-blast mTBI and the onset of neurologic sequelae to illuminate risks of post-concussive syndrome, epilepsy and chronic pain. METHODS:A large historical...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Webb TS,Whitehead CR,Wells TS,Gore RK,Otte CN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the course and impact of family optimism in the post-acute stage of acquired brain injury. METHODS:At Time 1, 30 family relatives of in-patients in rehabilitation units and 30 relatives of patients recently discharged from such units completed questionnaires relating to their emotional health,...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Riley GA,Hough A,Meader LM,Brennan AJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if domains included in popular measurement systems (e.g. the Peds QL™) reflect the adolescent survivor of a brain injury's sense of QoL and explore this relationship in reference to an emerging model of wellbeing in the adolescent with TBI. METHODS:Mixed methods; adolescent QoL assessed using t...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Di Battista A,Godfrey C,Soo C,Catroppa C,Anderson V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate objectively and quantitatively human pupillary responses to a light stimulus under photopic conditions in individuals with non-blast-induced, chronic, mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). METHODS:Seventeen individuals with chronic, non-blast-induced mTBI and 15 visually-normal (VN) controls were tes...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Thiagarajan P,Ciuffreda KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Prevention of secondary brain injury is a key component of acute management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Haemoglobin concentration may have an impact on optimization of cerebral oxygenation. Patients with TBI may best be served by an organized trauma service. The objective is to dete...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Baltazar GA,Pate AJ,Panigrahi B,Sharp A,Smith M,Chendrasekhar A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As an expected consequence of the civil war in Syria, emergent neurosurgical care for battlefield trauma has been provided for severely head-injured Syrians transferred to Northern Israel. METHODS:Sixty-six patients suffering from brain injury were brought to the border and then referred to the institution ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Barhoum M,Tobias S,Elron M,Sharon A,Heija T,Soustiel JF

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Most of the retrospective studies have demonstrated that traumatic brain injury mediated hypopituitarism could be more frequent than previously known. Therefore, this study has prospectively investigated pituitary function and their correlation with severity, pressure effect and Glasgow Outcome Scale in the ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Prasanna KL,Mittal RS,Gandhi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the incidence and clinical characteristics of chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) evolving from traumatic subdual hydroma (TSH). METHODS:The clinical characteristics of 44 patients with CSDH evolving from TSH were analysed retrospectively and the relevant literature was reviewed...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Wang Y,Wang C,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The simple test for evaluating hand function (STEF) is widely used for clinical evaluation of upper extremity function in Japan. However, except for test-re-test reliability, its psychometric properties have not been investigated. The aim of this study is to explore its internal consistency, concurrent validi...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Shindo K,Oba H,Hara J,Ito M,Hotta F,Liu M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate what goals influence the decisions of people with a traumatic brain injury to disclose (or not to disclose) information about their brain injury. METHOD:Ten people with a traumatic brain injury were interviewed about disclosing information about their injury to others. Thematic analysis was us...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Riley GA,Hagger BF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether, following a right-hemisphere stroke, the combined administration of computer-based cognitive rehabilitation and right hemifield eye-patching in patients with visuo-spatial neglect is more effective than computer-based cognitive rehabilitation alone. METHODS:Twelve patients were randomized ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Aparicio-López C,García-Molina A,García-Fernández J,Lopez-Blazquez R,Enseñat-Cantallops A,Sánchez-Carrión R,Muriel V,Tormos JM,Roig-Rovira T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Objective: To assess the characteristics of current clinical trials investigating the treatment of concussion. BACKGROUND:Recent systematic literature reviews have concluded that there is minimal evidence to support any specific treatment for concussion, including the principles of return-to-activi...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Burke MJ,Fralick M,Nejatbakhsh N,Tartaglia MC,Tator CH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Introduction: Traumatic brain injury is a main cause of disability and death in developed countries, above all among children and adolescents. The intrinsic inability of the central nervous system to efficiently repair traumatic injuries renders transplantation of bone marrow-derived cells (BMDC) a ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Paradells S,Zipancic I,Martínez-Losa MM,García Esparza MÁ,Bosch-Morell F,Alvarez-Dolado M,Soria JM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:Little research has been conducted exploring the issues surrounding parenting with an acquired brain injury (ABI). This study aimed to explore the experiences and needs of parents who suffered an ABI in the last 2 years from their own perspectives. For individuals with an ABI who have dependent childr...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Edwards AR,Daisley A,Newby G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00