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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Closed head injury"”.
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Oral and Written Discourse in Adolescents With Closed Head Injury
… samples were provided by 8 adolescents with closed head injury (CHI) and 8 matched controls. A generation task using the ""Cookie Theft"" picture stimulus provided the basis for discourse analysis. A total of 8 measures [productivity, efficiency, semantic ties (lexical, incomplete, …
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Caregivers of adults with closed head injury: A family systems perspective
… an adult family member who had sustained a closed head injury. The subjects consisted of 32 parents/siblings and 17 spouses/significant others, ages 22 to 71 (M = 50), and of 18 female and 31 male head injured adults, who ranged in age from 18 to 77 (M = 33). The head injured family members …
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Predicting closed head injury using a standardized measure of sensory-motor functioning
… was to identify sensory-motor deficits caused by closed head injury (CHI) when individuals with CHI are compared to a normal sample. The study also investigated lower-level sensory-motor functioning, such as gait, balance, and coordination and its relation to neurological impairment related to …
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Predicting closed head injury status with the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery
… for identifying individuals with and without closed-head injury, comparing the predictive power of a two- and three-factor representation (DWSMB; Dean & Woodcock, 2003). The current study's major research questions focused on the predictive utility of the structure of the DWSMB. The simplified …
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Long-term outcome following severe and very severe closed head injury during childhood
… subjects who sustained severe and very severe closed head injury in motor vehicle accidents while under the age of 15 years was carried out at a mean of 6,1 years post-injury. Each subject was neuropsychologically assessed using a battery of tests including those of general intellectual ability …
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Verbal Learning and Memory in Adults with Mild, Moderate and Severe Closed Head Injury
… of cognitive dysfunctions associated with closed head injury is impaired_memory function. The current study examined qualitative and quantitative aspects of learning and memory to define the effects of mild head injury in comparison to moderate and severe head injury and a sample of normal …
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Using Disability Rating Scale Recovery Curves to Predict PASAT Performance After Closed Head Injury
… predictive models of cognitive outcome following closed head injury have been largely based on a single time-point. Using archival data, the current study sought to improve upon existing models by predicting cognitive outcome at six months post-injury from a model of the rate of recovery of global …
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The usefulness of neuropsychological test scores in predicting social recovery in closed head injury patients.
Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1988 .D654. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1988.
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Noise and Mode of Presentation Effects on the Memory Performance of Individuals With Closed Head Injury
… was examined in nine individuals with closed head injury and nine controls matched for age, gender, and education level. Subjects were asked to verbally recall selected words from a list of six words that were visually presented to them. Task stimuli were shown under two conditions …
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Prediction of Long-Term Intellectual and Neuropsychological Effects of Closed Head Injury in Infants and Children
… and neuropsychological outcome (1-7 years post-injury) in children (ages 1 week - 14 years at injury) with a history of closed head injury were investigated. Clinical indicators of injury severity including EEG reading and age at injury as well as ’H-MRS variables of NAA/Ch, Ch/Cr, and lactate …
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HOW PERFORMANCE ON THE PASAT RELATE TO GLOBAL OUTCOME ON THE DISABILITY RATING SCALE FOLLOWING CLOSED-HEAD INJURY.
… outcome of individuals that have sustained a head injury. The PASAT measures processing speed, working memory, and attention, which are cognitive abilities often associated with head injury. This study aimed to elucidate the differences between participants able to complete the PASAT and those …
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Malingering of mild closed head injury sequelae with the neuropsychological symptom inventory : a study of the effect of prior knowledge
… who assess patients following mild closed head injury (CHI) are often asked to offer an opinion whether there is evidence of malingering. Factors that impact the ability of a person to intentionally portray impairment are quite important since mis-diagnosis of malingering can result …
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Ethnocultural Differences in Chronic Pain Outcomes and Factors Related to Chronic Pain in Individuals Referred for Neuropsychological Assessment Following Closed Head Injury
… neuropsychological assessment following closed head injury. Data were collected at two sites: an outpatient clinic in Novi, Michigan, and a private practice in Edmonton, Alberta. Measures of interest included chronic pain outcomes (pain severity, affective distress, and activity level) …
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Preclinical Assessment of Immunocal® as a Preventative Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a Mouse Model of Closed Head Injury
<p>Over the past three decades, traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been considered a "silent epidemic" and recognized as an emergent public health problem by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). TBI is defined as a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of …
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Neuropsychological, functional and behavioural outcome and predictors of outcome in a sample of traumatic brain injury litigants
… litigation influences outcome and recovery from closed head injury in a sample of traumatic brain injured (TBI) litigants who were tested and interviewed both during litigation (at time 1, or T1) and 1 year or more after case settlement (at time 2, or T2). More specifically, my major goals were …
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Head and Neck Injury Risk Predicted by Finite Element ATDs and Human Body Models in the Aerospace Landing Environment
… to flight status and self-egress capability. The head and neck are two regions of the body that if injured can drastically affect these two areas. Furthermore, the knowledge around closed-head injury is not complete. Currently, the Hybrid III and Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR) are …
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The Effects of Mild Concussions and Pomegranates on Behavior
… (3 days apart), or repeated concussive injury (a single closed-head injury to each hemisphere 3 days apart). They were then maintained on the pomegranate juice or control water for 2 additional weeks. Behavioral testing was administered 1, 3, 5, and 7-11 days post injury to assess …
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An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Axonal Injury, Biomarker Expression And Mechanical Response In A Rodent Head Impact Acceleration Model
… 1.4 million people sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, resulting in 235,000 hospitalizations and 50,000 fatalities annually. Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is a serious outcome of TBI that accounts for 40-50% of hospitalizations due to head injury and one third of the mortality …
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