Mark Sherer and Angelle M. Sander (eds.)Clinical Handbooks in NeuropsychologyHandbook on the Neuropsychology of Traumatic Brain Injury201410.1007/978-1-4939-0784-7_10 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2014 Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function Impairments Keith D. Cicerone1, 2 and Kacey Little Maestas3,…
Compensatory memory strategy Brief description of strategy Memory notebook A place where all important information to be remembered is written down. A memory notebook can be divided into different sections…
Mental status & posttraumatic amnesia Brief cognitive screening measures Galveston Orientation & Amnesia Test (GOAT) [9] Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (www.mocatest.org) Children’s Orientation & Amnesia Test (COAT) [8] Mini Mental…
Fig. 1 Trajectory of patient performance on the CRS-R across a 10-week course of inpatient rehabilitation. Panel A shows the change in total CRS-R scores over time. During weeks 1…
Mark Sherer and Angelle M. Sander (eds.)Clinical Handbooks in NeuropsychologyHandbook on the Neuropsychology of Traumatic Brain Injury201410.1007/978-1-4939-0784-7_2 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2014 Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes from Traumatic Brain Injury Julie Griffen1 and Robin Hanks1 …
Outcome assessment selection criteria Definition Validity Extent to which a scale measures what it claims to measure Reliability Degree to which results are replicable Sensitivity or precision Ability to detect…
, to the tendon [136]. A common assumption is that muscle maintains a constant volume and the distance between the aponeurosis of origin and insertion is constant. The major effect…
Fig. 1 a Commonly used pulse forms. The depolarization pulse is for all pulse forms rectangular with a pulse-width up to 300 s and the hyperpolarization pulse is (a) not existent…
Fig. 1 Analogy between the coordination of muscles by means of muscle synergies driven by the CNS and the coordination of an orchestra by a director Making an analogy, let…
muscle strength reduction in the ankle plantiflexor muscle, while 12–16 weeks lead to a reduction of muscle strength over the same muscles. Therefore, early therapy is essential for the patient’s…
