Eve Valera, PhD Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common experience for women. IPV is any physical, sexual, and/or psychological violence perpetrated against a past or current intimate partner (e.g., girlfriend/boyfriend, husband/wife, dating or sexual partner). It is the leading cause of homicide for women globally and the most common form of violence against women.1 It … [Read more...] about Intimate Partner Violence and Brain injury: A Selective Overview
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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
Exercise in Concussed Females
By 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