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Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injuries at a Major Government Hospital in Cambodia
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Families of children with traumatic brain injuries : stressors and needs in the South African context
[Background] The effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be devastating not only for the child that sustains the injury but also for his or her family. A TBI can negatively affect a child cognitively, emotionally, and behaviourally. In developing countries such as South Africa these negative …
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An Empirical Investigation of Several Critical Psychometrical Issues in Neuropsychological Testing of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
Concussions can cause very serious injuries and with repetitive injuries increase the likelihood of serious consequences. There is an increased awareness of concussions, which has evolved into developing better measurement tools to study the effects including neuropsychological components. …
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Traumatic brain injuries and older adults: The implications of neck strength, muscle activation, and range of motion
Fall-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults. Previous research has focused on non-modifiable risk factors, such as age and gender. However, some potential modifiable risk factors to fall-related TBIs in older adults may be related to …
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Myths and Misconceptions of Traumatic Brain Injuries Among High School Learners and University Students in South Africa
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death around the world with an annual worldwide prevalence rate ranging from 369 per 100 000 people (James et al., 2019). TBI is specifically more concerning in adolescents and young adults as rates of injuries acquired during this …
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Implementation of an attention training program with children who have sustained traumatic brain injuries in South Africa
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an international public health concern, particularly in lowand middle-income countries. Children who sustain TBIs typically have attentional difficulties, which disrupt the development and functioning of other cognitive, behavioural, and social skills. The aim of …
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Invisible scars : how domestic violence victims have been left out of the discussion on traumatic brain injuries
Traumatic brain injuries are one of the most common injuries in domestic violence, with studies finding that approximately 75 percent of women tested report at least one TBI. These injuries leave invisible scars in the form of memory problems. But despite the large prevalence of TBIs in the …
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Unveiling Gender Bias: An Examination of Healthcare Provider Diagnosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries. Insights from Case Vignettes
<p>Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has gained public attention due to increased awareness of its neurological and physical effects, especially among male athletes. This study investigated how healthcare providers diagnose mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in male versus female patients by …
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Their Implications on Changes in Event Related Potentials: A look into Visual Gating (P50)
<p>Concussions are a prevalent injury that affect a wide range of individuals. Commonly seen amongst individuals who play contact sports, there are many underlying factors that doctors and clinicians have yet to understand which include properties such as proper diagnosis standards or lasting …
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A spectral approach to noninvasive model-based estimation of intracranial pressure
… with poor neurocognitive outcomes after injuries to the brain. Measuring ICP requires the surgical placement of a sensor or catheter into the brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid spaces of the brain. With the risk of infection and brain damage, ICP is only measured in a small subset of …
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Effects of Fluency and Accuracy-Only Training on Acquisition and Retention of Letter Naming by Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
… learned. Two adolescent participants with traumatic brain injuries were taught to name 2 sets of lowercase Greek letters. Each of the 2 sets consisted of 7 letters. Practice and rate of reinforcement were controlled for in this study. Fluency trained letters showed higher retention (percent …
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The end of season electroencephalographic and neuropsychological status of a team of secondary school rugby players : a comparison between very mild traumatic brain injury and a sedentary control group
Although the incidence and consequences of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) in secondary school rugby has been well documented, little is known about the incidence and consequences of repetitive sub concussive injuries - the so called very mild traumatic brain injuries (vMTBI). The aim of this …
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A Novel Exo-Proteomic Approach to the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury
<p>Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) are significant health concerns and affect a wide cross section of society. Current diagnostic criteria and modalities, such as brain imaging and subjective measures of consciousness such as the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, are insufficient to …
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Veterans Court: examining the effectiveness of veteran-specific rehabilitation
… health illnesses related to combat trauma and traumatic brain injuries, the rates of incarceration, suicide, and substance use disorders are skyrocketing in the returning veteran population. The Veterans Court program directs veterans with certain criminal issues into a program designed to …
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Validation and Evaluation of Cortical and Full Skull Thickness Changes with Age and Sex
It is estimated there are 1.7 million cases of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) each year where falls and motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are the number one and two contributors. From 2002-2006 TBI accounted for 30% of all injury related deaths seen from emergency department visits despite the lower …
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The prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and an investigation of behavioural and executive functioning outcomes (among those who have sustained TBIs) in a sample of male young offenders
… antisocial behaviour as well as for sustaining traumatic brain injuries (TBI; Moffitt, 1993; Williams, Cordan, Mewse, Tonks & Burgess, 2010). International literature has long made known the explicit link that exists between TBI and delinquent behavior (Eslinger, Flaherty-Craig, & Benton, 2004; …
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The synthesis of childhood traumatic burden and executive dysfunction in young adults
… adulthood and the incidence of one or more Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mild-TBI) while accounting for psychosocial variables like childhood or adolescent trauma. The literature to date revealed there are indications of possible long-term consequences to adaptive functioning resulting from one …
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Persistent Effects of Paediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Resilience
… study examined the relationship of multiple mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) and psychological resilience to persistent post-concussion symptoms (PCS). Methods. Participants (N = 65), ages 8-18 years, who sustained multiple mTBIs (n = 24), a single mTBI (n = 22), or an orthopaedic injury (OI; …
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