Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2015
Informational literature influences symptom expression following mild head injury: An analog study.
Many Veterans involved in recent OEF/OIF conflicts return with reports of having experienced an mTBI. The Veteran's Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) have gone to great lengths to provide information to Veterans regarding possible effects of TBI. Although well intended, this information may possibly have an iatrogenic effect. Conversely, setting positive expectations for recovery from mTBI has been shown to result in decreased symptomatology. ⋯ Providing Veterans with information regarding a likely positive trajectory of recovery may result in less symptom persistence during rehabilitation.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2015
Resilience and symptom reporting following mild traumatic brain injury in military service members.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between resilience and symptom reporting following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). It was hypothesized that, as resilience increases, self-reported symptoms would decrease. ⋯ These findings underscore the important role that resilience plays in symptom expression in military service members with mTBI and suggest that research on targeted interventions to increase resilience in the acute phase following injury is indicated.
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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.