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Although headache is the most commonly reported chronic symptom after TBI, dizziness is also a typical problem. Why? The reasons vary. It could be a side effect from medication. However, it could also result from damage to the vestibular system of the inner ear; a vision problem; or damage to the brainstem. Dizziness
Effective January 16, 2014, the VA has a new rule regarding five medical conditions which have been medically associated with TBI through research by credible experts. The new rule (18 FR 76196) amends 38 CFR 3.310. The new rule came in response to a report of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Here is a good definition of post-concussion syndrome (PCS) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Within days to weeks of the head injury approximately 40 percent of TBI patients develop a host of troubling symptoms collectively called postconcussion syndrome (PCS). A patient need not have suffered a concussion or loss
Jeremy Hertza, Psy. D., a neuropsychologist in Augusta, says that follow up care is warranted in all cases of TBI, even the mild ones. One reason is that people with a TBI are 20 times more likely to develop depression than other people without depression. Another reason is that fuzzy thinking and memory
Boston University has been funding and working with Constant Therapy (www.constanttherapy.com) to develop phone apps that enable physicians and therapists to provide evidence-based therapy tasks to patients. They began with stroke patients and have just expanded to patients with a TBI. The purpose of the app is to guide patients in how to
Neuroscientists at Newcastle University in the U.K. have investigated the cognitive capacities of 44 people with mild TBI vs. 9 normal controls. They found that for a period of one year following their accident the mildly brain injured subjects performed 25% worse on memory and cognitive testing than the controls due to white
James Sumowski, PhD and colleagues at the Kessler Foundation in New Jersey have published research on 10 patients showing the effectiveness of a new memory therapy for people with severe TBI The Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Volume 95, Issue 2 (390-396) February 2014. The research showed that RP (retrieval practice) was
In July 2014 researchers from the Biomedical Engineering Department of Rutgers University in New Jersey demonstrated their novel “Brain-on-a-Chip” microsystem to study how brain trauma damages axons. Using the system they can get a 3D picture of how living axons are strained or even sheared by external force of varying strengths and vectors.
A large team of investigators led by Kate A. Yurgil has just published an article in JAMA Psychiatry online (71(2):149-157. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.3080) called “Association between TBI and Risk of PTSD in Active-Duty Marines. The investigators from UC San Diego and the V.A. studied a group of 1,648 marines at Camp Pendleton in San Diego
A study published on January 15, 2014 in the online version of JAMA Psychiatry says that people with severe TBI are at three times the risk of premature death due to depression, behavioral problems, and crime. The determination was made by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm who looked at medical records
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