Army infantry soldiers 3 to 4 months after their return from a year-long deployment to Iraq. Validated clinical instruments were used to compare soldiers reporting mild traumatic brain injury, defined as an injury with loss of consciousness or altered mental status (e.g., dazed or confused), ...
(HealthDay)—U.S. soldiers who suffer a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to suffer other mental health woes than those with other serious injuries, a new study finds.
Blast injury is the most common injury mechanism in military TBI due to the high probability of soldiers being exposed to explosive weapons. It accounts for approximately 60% of all military TBI, and as high as 80% of mTBI [31]. Shockwaves produced by explosive weapons can travel at breakne...
"Research shows thattraumatic brain injuryis a hallmark of recent military conflicts, affecting nearly a third of allwounded soldiers," said Alexander Razumovsky, Ph.D., lead researcher and director of Sentient NeuroCare Services in Hunt Valley, Md. Constricted blood vessels in the brain are cereb...
According to previous studies, generally speaking, the incidence of mTBI among soldiers who participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation New Dawn (OND) deployment reached 15.2–22.8% [9], and the most important cause of brain injury was the long...
many of our soldiers are surviving these blasts due to improvements made to their uniforms and armor. Even though, we have been able to quickly identify and treat their visible injuries; we tend to overlook the more traumatic brain injuries and disorder these soldiers face when they return home...
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Soldiers' Art: What traumatic brain injury feels like13 photos Previous studies have found military members who suffered more than one mild traumatic brain injury hadhigher rates of suicide. A study of older veterans with mild brain injuries showed they weremore likely to develop Alzheimer’s disea...
Cognitive Therapy for Soldiers Suffering From Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain InjuryA young man named Daniel Somers, in love with his high school sweetheart, Angeline Roth, married at the early age of eighteen. Two short years later he was off to the races, enlisting into the ...
Repeated concussive and subconcussive head injuries have been linked to the neurodegenerative condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been reported post-mortem in contact sports athletes and soldiers exposed to blasts. Insights from severe injuries and CTE plausibly shed light on ...