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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"head trauma"”.
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Hard hitting facts on childhood head trauma: an epidemiological analysis
… to the World Health Organization (WHO), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) will become the third largest cause of global disease by the year 2020. Despite its astonishing numbers, TBI remains a silent or even forgotten epidemic with significant paucity in epidemiological data. TBI in developing …
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Experiences of Head Trauma from Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking
Experiences of Head Trauma from Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking: A Systematic Review Purpose Head trauma often occurs within experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV-HT) and whilst health implications of these phenomena and survivors’ help-seeking have been considered separately, …
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Short Term Economic Costs and Head Trauma: Examples from Major League Baseball
… differences for individuals struck in the head with an object. Pitchers at the major league level of baseball whom have been struck in the head with a batted baseball are used as a generalized analog for society due to the available statistics produced by on field performance. This study …
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An Investigation of Anxiety- And Depression-Like Behavior after Head Trauma in Mice
… people in the United States (US) suffer a traumatic brain injury. Those people are often at a higher risk of post-TBI psychiatric illness, like anxiety and depression. Animal models of TBI are a useful way to measure such psychiatric illnesses in a pre-clinical setting. There were two …
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Data envelopment analysis for measuring the efficiency of head trauma care in England and Wales
… the efficiency and productivity of the sector of head trauma injury (HTI) care in England and Wales, in order to reduce the costs associated with trauma care. After assessing the advantages and disadvantages of various efficiency measurement approaches, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) …
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Head Trauma Release of Histamine from Dural Mast Cells Alters Blood-Brain Barrier: Attenuation with Zolantidine
… study employed a new model of mild-to-moderate head trauma to specifically identify the role of dural mast cell (MC) histamine in trauma-induced increased permeability in the blood-brain barrier (BBB). A single line was scored partially through the left dorsal parietal skull. Immediately …
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Characterizing the effects of repetitive head trauma in female soccer athletes for prevention of mild traumatic brain injury
… those of men’s football at the collegiate level. Head impact monitoring technology has revealed that “concussive hits” occurring directly before symptomatic injury are not predictive of mTBI, suggesting that the cumulative effect of repetitive head impacts experienced by collision sport athletes …
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Computed tomography findings in patients with minor head trauma presenting with a history of loss of consciousness and/or amnesia, Glasgow Coma Scale 15 and no focal neurological deficit
… institution, patients who have suffered a minor head injury with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15, loss of consciousness (LOC) and amnesia obtain a computed tomography (CT) scan, regardless of the cost that is incurred by the use of this limited resource. Applying recommendations in developing …
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MRS and Neuropsychological Outcome in Children with Non-accidental TBI
… and the prevalence of non-accidental head trauma (NAT) among infants, few empirical studies have specifically examined the neuropsychological consequences in this population of children. The current study examined the relationship between clinical variables, Magnetic Resonance …
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An in vitro study to characterize a new automated high throughput neuronal stretch injury system
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most prevalent long-term neurological conditions and its overall economic consequences rival that of stroke. Considering the importance of the topic, new models for studying TBI are often designed and created. Based on a model developed by the University …
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Clincal Aspects of Biological Brain Damage Markers
… to examine the sensitivity of serum S100B in head injury; to investigate serum S100B levels in infectious disease; to investigate the source of serum S100B in patients with multitrauma and brain injuries; to examine the clinical utility potential for serum S100B as a daily measurement …
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Head Impact Exposure in Youth Football: Evaluation of Practice Drills and Age and Weight Based Levels of Play
The estimated number of sport-related mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) occurring each year in the United States is 1.6 to 3.8 million with football having one of the highest rates of injury. Considerable research has been done to better understand concussions as well as quantifying head impact …
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Normative Scores on the Trail Making Test for the Icelandic Population
… from neurological or psychiatric disease and head trauma, the participants who had no educational information and those in the 18-19 and 60-65 age range, the final normative sample that was used in the analysis consisted of 400 participants. Factorial Analysis of Variance was used to …
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Concept design for a folding bicycle helmet
… fitted helmet to make cycling safer and reduce head trauma injuries in accidents. The new design can be folded up to 50% volume of the existing bicycle helmet and can be carried in a backpack or by other means. The helmet is lined with a wave cushioning material and is combined with Expanded …
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Robotic evaluation of sensorimotor and cognitive function following exposure to subconcussive impacts
… impacts, caused by direct or indirect head trauma without immediate symptoms, are increasingly recognized as a contributor to long-term neurological sequelae Individuals repeatedly exposed to such impacts, including military personnel and contact sport athletes, often report symptoms as …
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Η συμβολή της ηλεκτρονικής τομογραφίας στη διαφοροδιάγνωση των βλαβών του ενδοκρανίου στην οξεία φάση των κρανιοεγκεφαλικών κακώσεων
… intracranial lesions during the acute stage of head injuries. - In this study 235 cases of patients with intracranial lesions are included. - The basic technical data for the investigation of the intracranial structures and search for injuries with the C.T., during the acute stage of the head …
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Of mice and men: can MMP-9 be a biomarker and a potential target for treatment after traumatic brain injury?
… OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a highly prevalent cause of death and disability in the US and has become a significant burden to our present healthcare system. Currently there are few biomarkers and clinical diagnostic tests to determine the …
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A Comparison of Brain Trauma Characteristics from Head Impacts for Lightweight and Heavyweight Fighters in Professional Mixed Martial Arts
… neurological consequences due to repetitive head trauma. Mass differentials as well as reported differences in fight styles between Lightweight and Heavyweight fighters in MMA may affect head impact kinematics creating different levels of head injury risk. Factors that influence the risk for …
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The effect of phonological and semantic cues on word retrieval in adults
… can affect individuals who have had strokes or head trauma (Goodglass & Wingfield, 1997) and to a lesser extent, typically aging adults. This can affect an individual's ability to name pictures accurately and quickly. Cues are used to help individuals with word retrieval difficulties in fmding …
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