Nontraumatic brain injury

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Nontraumatic brain injury

Nontraumatic brain injury (NTBI) is a broad category of brain disorders not resulting from traumatic forces. Included in this category are acquired brain injuries resulting from ischemic cerebrovascular disease, infection,…

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Gender-specific issues in traumatic brain injury

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Gender-specific issues in traumatic brain injury

Although sex-based differences regarding the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been well documented, there is a dearth of literature examining sex and gender effects on TBI-related outcomes and…

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Sport concussion

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Sport concussion

According to the most recent Consensus Statement of the International Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in 2016, a sport-related concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) induced by biomechanical…

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Military traumatic brain injury

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Military traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the military rose to prominence in the early 2000s and was called the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although generally adhering…

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Geriatric traumatic brain injury

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Geriatric traumatic brain injury

Population dynamics • The population of people in the United States over 64 in 1990 was 29.9 million, versus 40 million in 2010 and 47 million in 2015. This number…

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Pediatric traumatic brain injury

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Pediatric traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury is (TBI) is defined as “an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force.” In children, a pediatric TBI disrupts…

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Community reentry

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Community reentry

The goal of this chapter is to define the meaning of community reentry in patients with a brain injury (BI) diagnosis. Patients who benefit from this service have had an…

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Assistive technology

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Assistive technology

As defined by Public Law 100-407 Assistive technology means any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to…

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Therapeutic exercise/rehabilitation

Jan 1, 2021 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Therapeutic exercise/rehabilitation

Rehabilitation post brain injury occurs in a variety of setting with multiple team members. Regardless of timing, goal-directed care is important. Each individual sustaining brain injury presents with unique mobility…

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