Edition Overview This edition of Brain Injury Profession, entitled "Technology and TBI", is guest edited by Dr. Stephen Trapp. Dr. Trapp is a rehabilitation psychologist and Director of the Center of Health Creation at the Metrodora Institute. His clinical and researchefforts focus on a range of neurorehabilitative conditions, rehabilitation technology, and … [Read more...] about “Technology and TBI” Edition
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Eye Tracking Technique: A Primer
Author: Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO Though seemingly simple, eye movements, also known as oculomotor function, require an expansive, multifaceted neural network to seamlessly provide visual information to the brain and allow for cognitive and physical interaction with our environment. These neural networks involve every lobe of the brain, brainstem, cerebellum, thalamus, … [Read more...] about Eye Tracking Technique: A Primer
“Brain Injury Among Spanish-Speaking Individuals” Edition
This edition of Brain Injury Professional, entitled “ Brain Injury Among Spanish-Speaking Individuals”, guest edited by Dr. Anthony Lequerica. Dr. Lequerica is Senior Research Scientist at Kessler Foundation’s Center for TBI Research and a Research Associate Professor at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and … [Read more...] about “Brain Injury Among Spanish-Speaking Individuals” Edition
Exercise in Concussed Females
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 1.6-3.8 … [Read more...] about Exercise in Concussed Females
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