Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jun 2009
Post-concussion symptoms after traumatic brain injury at 3 and 12 months post-injury: a prospective study.
To examine self-reported post-concussion symptoms from 3-12 months post-injury in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to identify predictors of these symptoms. ⋯ PCS symptoms were reported to a greater degree in persons with mild TBI at 3 months post-injury. One year after injury, no differences were found between TBI groups on the presence of PCS.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jun 2009
Effect of amantadine on the sleep-wake cycle of an inpatient with brain injury.
A previous study suggested that the routine use of drugs intended to improve attention and arousal, such as methylphenidate, tend to have a variable but not significant effect on sleep-wake cycles. As amantadine is a frequently employed drug in brain injury rehabilitation, with known effects on fatigue and motor processing speed, this study examined the effect of amantadine on the sleep-wake behaviour of patients with brain injury undergoing rehabilitation. ⋯ This study fails to demonstrate that the use of amantadine on an inpatient brain injury population will affect sleep/wake quantity.