John Leddy, MD, Barry Willer, PhD Concussion is a subtype of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is the result of sudden deceleration and rotational forces applied to the brain that trigger an acute and subacute pathophysiological metabolic response in the absence of gross structural changes to the brain(1). In the US alone, it is estimated that there are … [Read more...] about Exercise in Concussed Females
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Overview of CDC’s Report to Congress on the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As described in Dr. DePompei’s introduction, the Galveston Brain Injury Conference selected the themes of CDC’s Report to Congress (RTC) as the organizing structure for discussion and … [Read more...] about Overview of CDC’s Report to Congress on the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
Driving After Brain Injury: A Clinician’s Cheat Sheet
Maria T. Schultheis, PhD , Elizabeth Whipple, PhD Driving is a complex task that requires the successful integration of perceptual, physical, cognitive, and emotional systems. Individuals with brain injury (BI), along with their families and care providers, are often faced with the determination about an individual’s capacity to return to driving post-BI. This brief report … [Read more...] about Driving After Brain Injury: A Clinician’s Cheat Sheet
Recognize – Opening Eyes to TBIs
by Stacy Suskauer, MD A seminal paper published in 2010 argued for the conceptualization of traumatic brain injury (TBI) not as an isolated injury event, but as a disease process that unfolds heterogeneously over many years (Masel & DeWitt, 2010). The purpose of that paper was to summarize the evidence needed to encourage clinicians and, perhaps more … [Read more...] about Recognize – Opening Eyes to TBIs
Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Disease Process: Looking Back on a Decade of Research
A seminal paper published in 2010 argued for the conceptualization of traumatic brain injury (TBI) not as an isolated injury event, but as a disease process that unfolds heterogeneously over many years (Masel & DeWitt, 2010). The purpose of that paper was to summarize the evidence needed to encourage clinicians and, perhaps more importantly, the insurance industry, to … [Read more...] about Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Disease Process: Looking Back on a Decade of Research