Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Long-term functional outcome after moderate-to-severe paediatric traumatic brain injury.
Long-term follow-up studies after severe and moderate pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) are not common and inconclusive. Most studies focused on neurobehavioural sequelae, less data is reported about age appropriate function. Different prognostic factors were noted over past decades. ⋯ Guarded optimistic functional outcome can be expected after severe or moderate childhood TBI.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as a risk factor for concussions in NCAA division-I athletes.
Sports-related concussions are associated with both acute and long-term consequences. Past work has identified novel risk factors and modifiers for concussions, including mood and neuropsychiatric disorders. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder that may also contribute to concussion risk, although no study has examined this possibility. ⋯ ADHD is prevalent in NCAA Division-I athletes and associated with history of past concussions. If replicated, these findings could have important implications in the prevention and management of concussions in athletes with ADHD.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Identifying longitudinal trajectories of emotional distress symptoms 5 years after traumatic brain injury.
To evaluate longitudinal trajectories of emotional distress symptoms after traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ Resilience was the most common trajectory following TBI. Patients characterized by recovery and chronic trajectories required attention and long-term clinical monitoring of their symptoms. Future research would benefit from longitudinal studies to analyse emotional distress symptoms and the strength of resilience over time.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Comparative StudyHealth-related quality-of-life in the first year following a childhood concussion.
(1) To compare pre-injury health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) of children who have sustained mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) to their HRQoL at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-injury and (2) to compare the HRQoL of children with mTBI, children with mild non-brain injuries and children who were uninjured at the same time points. Child and parent responses were obtained for both objectives. ⋯ Children with mTBI had similar pre- and post-injury HRQoL. Thus, children who sustain mTBI and have significantly lower HRQoL within the first year post-injury merit further evaluation.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Relation between cognition and neural connection from injured cingulum to brainstem cholinergic nuclei in chronic patients with traumatic brain injury.
This study investigated the relation between cognition and the neural connection from injured cingulum to brainstem cholinergic nuclei in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). ⋯ Better short-term memory in patients who had the neural connection between injured cingulum and brainstem cholinergic nuclei appears to have been attributed to the presence of cholinergic innervation to the cerebral cortex through the neural connection instead of the injured anterior cingulum. The neural connection appears to compensate for the injured anterior cingulum in obtaining cholinergic innervation.