Elderlyminorityfemale veterans and brain injuriesTBI is a physical injury rather than a mental disorder such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), however physical injury will, sometimes, never be present while other times the physical injuries may be credited to the primary, concurrent injury i....
There were no differences in knowledge of concussion or brain injury between participants who had and had not attended a briefing session about concussion. Misconceptions displayed by educators predominantly related to the ongoing effects and impact of both concussion and traumatic brain injury, including...
Technological advances and improved medical procedures have increased the likelihood that children will survive traumatic brain injury (TBI) (Gerring & Carney, 1992; Kraus, Fife, & Conroy, 1987; Spreen, Risser, & Edgell, 1995). Along with higher survival rates has come the potential need for ...
Participants who had previously taught a child with a brain injury demonstrated greater knowledge of traumatic brain injury, but not concussion, than those who had not. There were no differences in knowledge of concussion or brain injury between participants who had and had not attended a briefing...
About Brain Injury Brain Injury affects millions of people worldwide every year. Most brain injuries fall into two distinct categories: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Acquired Brain Injury An acquired brain injury is an injury to the brain, which is not ...
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patient story I'm back to work. I'm back to driving...The care was absolutely phenomenal. I feel like RHI gave me my winning combination to succeed and to go back into the workforce and back to my life. Cindy Urich Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor ...
"Mild Traumatic Brain Injury." Archives of Internal Medicine, Volume 158, Issue 15, August 10, 1998. http://archinte.highwire.org/cgi/content/full/158/15/1617 MacNabb, Carrie. "Brain Science 101." University of Minnesota Health Talk, October 20, 2005. http://www.healthtalk.umn.edu/...
"Mild Traumatic Brain Injury." Archives of Internal Medicine, Volume 158, Issue 15, August 10, 1998. http://archinte.highwire.org/cgi/content/full/158/15/1617 MacNabb, Carrie. "Brain Science 101." University of Minnesota Health Talk, October 20, 2005. http://www.healthtalk.umn.edu/...