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Predicting Longitudinal Patterns of Functional Deficits in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Thu 04 Jun 2009 10:32pm Childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) has long been associatied with academic, functional, and cognitive problems in school-age children. A study published in the May issue of Neuropsychology looked into longitudinal patterns of functional deficits in 37 children with severe traumatic brain injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 8), 40 children with moderate Read on »

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury May Alter the Brain’s Neuronal Circuit Excitability and Contribute to Brain Network Dysfunctio by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Sun 13 May 2012 10:13am One thing leads to another – and it matters A couple of different sources have referred me to the following press release from Virginia Commonwealth University: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury May Alter the Brain’s Neuronal Circuit Excitability and Contribute to Brain Network Dysfunction 5/10/2012 Even mild head injuries can caus ... Read on »

Basketball-related traumatic brain injury up 70 percent over last decade by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 20 Sep 2010 12:00am September 13, 2010 and appearing in the October 2010 issue of Pediatrics, revealed that traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), which carry significant risk, increased 70 percent over... at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital examined basketball-related injuries treated in emergency departments among children and adolescents between Read on »

Role of OT: Traumatic Brain Injury by Laura Efinger, OT Posted Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:06am in helping adults and children with a broad range of issues in addition to traumatic brain injury, such as arthritis, stroke, and mood disorders. Practitioners also help clients... Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Effects and Intervention (From the American OT Association: Reproducible consumer handout to further public education) Traumatic brain Read on »

Traumatic Brain Injury, Does Another Part of Your Brain Take Over? by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Sun 26 Sep 2010 5:39am a brain injury early in life, there is more potential for recovery of function. Whether someone can function with only a small part of their brain remaining, that typically isn't... of total brain tissue they have. Basically, because the change happened gradually, and throughout development, the brain compensates. However, if someone has a neural injury Read on »

TBI SoS – Restoring a Sense of Self after Traumatic Brain Injury – Intro by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Thu 06 Jan 2011 12:00am This is the first part in a multi-part exploration of sense of self and how it’s affected by traumatic brain injury. More to come… Something has been on my mind... traumatic brain injury, and I’m no exception. For years, I haven’t felt 100% like myself, and despite my progress over the past three years of neuropsychological rehabilitation, I Read on »

Or was it a traumatic brain injury? by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Mon 21 Jun 2010 12:00am stopped talking. She was selectively mute, except at home. One thing that appeared to be the main factor was that her mother had sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car accident... depression or bipolar disorder. But the description of his situation sounded a whole lot like a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury to me, when I first read it. We pretty much Read on »

TBI SoS – Restoring a Sense of Self after Traumatic Brain Injury – What IS the Self? by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Sat 08 Jan 2011 12:00am This is the second part in a multi-part exploration of sense of self and how it’s affected by traumatic brain injury. Read the first part here. More to come… But what... to be oversimplifications of what goes on inside our heads when we’ve sustained brain injuries, and some of it didn’t seem very respectful of our WHOLE selves it just wrote off the parts of us Read on »

TBI SoS – Restoring a Sense of Self after Traumatic Brain Injury – The Things We Do for Our Selves by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Sat 15 Jan 2011 12:00am This is the fifth part in a multi-part exploration of sense of self and how it’s affected by traumatic brain injury. Read the other sections here. Okay, down..., here’s the thing traumatic brain injury, concussion, head injury, whatever you want to call it, can cause the processing in your brain to slow significantly. And you may Read on »

Post-Traumatic Brain Injury: Amino Acids May Aid in Recovery by Duane Sherry, M.S. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 09 Sep 2008 2:09am Conscious State Keywords: BRAIN INJURY, VEGETATIVE STATE, MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE - Branched-chain Amino Acids, Intravenous, Disability Rating Scale Reference: “Branched-chain amino acids may improve recovery from a vegetative or minimally conscious state in patients with traumatic brain injury: a pilot study,” Aquilani [...] Read on »