Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2013
Comparative StudyDifferentiated patterns of cognitive impairment 12 months after severe and moderate traumatic brain injury.
To assess cognitive function at 12 months after moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) separately, as well as improvement from 3 to 12 months and relationship to global outcome. ⋯ Differentiating between patients with moderate and severe TBI yields a more accurate description of cognitive deficits and their improvement over time. Further, executive dysfunction and attention problems affected the ability to resume independent living and employment regardless of injury severity and age.
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To understand what influences surrogate decision-makers' expectation that a patient with a disorder of consciousness (DOC; those in a coma, the vegetative state or the minimally conscious state) will recover. ⋯ Relational factors between the patient and the surrogate may explain the surrogate's expectation that the patient will recover more than factors that matter to clinicians such as the source of injury or the patient's diagnosis.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2013
The effect of recommending cognitive rest on recovery from sport-related concussion.
To determine whether recommending cognitive rest to athletes after a sport-related concussion affects time to symptom resolution. ⋯ Given the limited evidence regarding the effects of cognitive rest on recovery from concussion, recommendations of prolonged periods of cognitive rest, particularly absences from school, should be approached cautiously.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyEffect of frequency of multimodal coma stimulation on the consciousness levels of traumatic brain injury comatose patients.
To evaluate the effectiveness of multimodal coma stimulation on the conscious levels of head injury comatose patients and to find out which of the two protocols of coma stimulation, i.e. administrating twice a day or 5-times a day is more beneficial. ⋯ The results showed a significant difference (p < 0.01) for Glasgow Coma Scale as well as Western Neuro Sensory Stimulation Profile scores between Groups A & C and B & C, i.e. multimodal coma stimulation is effective as compared to the control group. The results also revealed a significant difference (p < 0.01) between Groups A, B and C on the Western Neuro Sensory Stimulation Profile but a non-significant difference (p > 0.01) on the Glasgow coma scale. This indicates that short sessions of high frequency can be more beneficial.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2013
Comparative StudyA prospective study of symptoms and neurocognitive outcomes in youth with concussion vs orthopaedic injuries.
This study examined symptom reports and neurocognitive outcomes in children (8-17 years) with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or orthopaedic injury (OI). ⋯ As expected, more post-concussion symptoms were initially reported by children and adolescents with mTBI vs orthopaedic injury, but there was no difference at 3 months. The BRIEF and ImPACT cognitive measures did not differentiate concussed subjects from controls, with the exception of concussed subjects' lower performance on a visual memory test at both initial assessment and at 3 months.