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Changes in aspects of social functioning depend upon prior changes in neurodisability in people with acquired brain injury undergoing post-acute neurorehabilitation.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
Post-acute community-based rehabilitation is effective in reducing disability. However, while social participation and quality of life are valued as distal outcomes of neurorehabilitation, it is often not possible to observe improvements on these ...
Donal Gerard Fortune   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sports-related brain injury in the general population: An epidemiological study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objectives To determine the incidence, nature and severity of all sports-related brain injuries in the general population. Design Population-based epidemiological incidence study.
Dowell, Tony   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury.

open access: yesJournal of Neurosurgery, 2019
OBJECTIVETraumatic brain injury (TBI)-the "silent epidemic"-contributes to worldwide death and disability more than any other traumatic insult. Yet, TBI incidence and distribution across regions and socioeconomic divides remain unknown.
M. Dewan   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influencing factors for tracheostomy decannulation in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness

open access: yesDi-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2021
Objective To analyze the influencing factors for tracheostomy decannulation in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness. Methods Clinical data of 59 cases with prolonged disorders of consciousness and having undergone tracheotomy in Guangdong ...
HE Yanbin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurological consequences of traumatic brain injuries in sports. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in boxing and other contact sports. The long term irreversible and progressive aftermath of TBI in boxers depicted as punch drunk syndrome was described almost a century ago and is now widely referred as chronic ...
Hardy, J, Ling, H, Zetterberg, H
core   +1 more source

Cellular infiltration in traumatic brain injury

open access: yesJournal of Neuroinflammation, 2020
Traumatic brain injury leads to cellular damage which in turn results in the rapid release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that prompt resident cells to release cytokines and chemokines.
Aftab Alam   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of gabapentin on muscle spasticity and both induced as well as spontaneous autonomic dysreflexia after complete spinal cord injury

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2012
We recently reported that the neuropathic pain medication, gabapentin (GBP; Neurontin), significantly attenuated both noxious colorectal distension (CRD)-induced autonomic dysreflexia (AD) and tail pinch-induced spasticity compared to saline-treated ...
Alexander G. Rabchevsky   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Approach to Elucidate the Role of Cyclophilin D in Traumatic Brain Injury Pathology

open access: yesCells, 2021
Cyclophilin D (CypD) has been shown to play a critical role in mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening and the subsequent cell death cascade.
Ryan D. Readnower   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary Blast Traumatic Brain Injury in the Rat: Relating Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among military personnel is at its highest point in U.S. history. Experimental animal models of blast have provided a wealth of insight into blast injury.
Budde, Matthew D.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths — United States, 2007 and 2013

open access: yesMorbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2017
Problem/Condition Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has short- and long-term adverse clinical outcomes, including death and disability. TBI can be caused by a number of principal mechanisms, including motor-vehicle crashes, falls, and assaults.
Christopher A Taylor   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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