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This section contains our library of research articles from the field of brain injury.
13 September 2011
A novel approach to rehabilitation of hand movement after stroke has been developed by an American research team
A study by researchers in Melbourne, Australia, sought to evaluate the effectiveness of Virtual Reality Environment (VRE) training
27 June 2011
The BBC covers findings by researchers at Manchester Royal Infirmary, who for the first time have monitored the brain as it slips into unconsciousness
16 June 2011
Examines the prevalence and nature of concussive symptoms, up to one month post-presentation, among Emergency Department patients diagnosed with minor head injury
This study, published in the journal Neuropsychology in July 2010, examined the acute effect of minor head injury on drivers' hazard perception
Published in December 2010, this article provides an overview of acute management procedures for minor head injury patients in the USA
03 March 2011
In this recent study, researchers in Australia assessed the reliability of self-reporting research by comparing prisoners' self-reported history of TBI associated with details extracted from relevant hospital medical records
Analyses were conducted to calculate the prevalence of TBI and the effects of gender, offender type, and definition and method of identifying TBI
Researchers in this study pooled reported frequencies of lifetime traumatic brain injury of any severity among prisoner samples and compared the pooled frequency to estimates of the lifetime prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general population
Determining the rate of self-reported TBI in a male, adolescent youth offending population and exploring whether TBI was associated with number of convictions, violent offending, mental health problems and drug misuse
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