Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Effect of clinical characteristics on cognitive performance in service members and veterans with histories of blast-related mild traumatic brain injury.
To examine the relationship between clinical characteristics and cognitive performance in service members and veterans with histories of blast-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). ⋯ This study demonstrated the importance of considering the effects of current clinical symptoms (e.g. post-traumatic stress) as possibly having greater influence on current cognitive functioning than the effects of a remote history of mTBI.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Deaths due to traumatic brain injury in Austria between 1980 and 2012.
To investigate changes in TBI mortality in Austria during 1980-2012 and to identify causes for these changes. ⋯ These findings warrant better prevention of falls in the elderly and of suicides.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Comparative StudyComparison of several prognostic tools in traumatic brain injury including S100B.
To identify which tool (a model, a biomarker or a combination of these) has better prognostic strength in traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ A better prognostic tool than those currently available may be a combination of clinical predictors with a biomarker.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Assessment of mild traumatic brain injury with the King-Devick Test in an emergency department sample.
The King-Devick Test (K-D) is a brief measure of cognitive processing speed and rapid gaze shifting that appears sensitive to the effects of sport-related concussion. This study evaluated its diagnostic and incremental validity in civilian patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). ⋯ The present findings do not support the K-D Test for the assessment of civilian MTBI in an ED setting.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Adjusting to persistent post-concussive symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury and subsequent psycho-educational intervention: a qualitative analysis in military personnel.
Best practice guidelines outline ways in which mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS) should be managed. In line with the existing evidence base, DMRC Headley Court established a treatment programme for UK servicemen and women with mTBI. This study explored the experiences of a sample of UK military personnel living with PPCS, who also received psycho-educational intervention (Phase 2) at this unit. ⋯ Following a flexible and tailored intervention for PPCS, patients report feeling empowered and describe having a renewed sense of stability.