The relationship between cognitive reserve and outcome after controlling for psychological status and sex following mild traumatic brain injury
8 June 2023
Research papers, Concussion, Persisting Post Concussion Symptoms
Author(s): Jacqueline F. I. Anderson & Laura Martin
Physical activity preferences of people living with brain injury: Formative qualitative research to develop a Discrete Choice Experiment
19 May 2023
Research papers, Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s): Abby Haynes, Kirsten Howard, Liam Johnson, Gavin Williams, Kelly Clanchy, Sean Tweedy, Adam Scheinberg, Sakina Chagpar, Belinda Wang, Gabrielle Vassallo, Rhys Ashpole, Catherine Sherrington & Leanne Hassett
Neuroimaging to enhance understanding of cardiovascular autonomic changes associated with mild traumatic brain injury: A scoping review
18 May 2023
Research papers, Concussion
Author(s): Jacinta Thorne, Sarah Hellewell, Gill Cowen & Melinda Fitzgerald
ABSTRACT Background: Cardiovascular changes, such as altered heart rate and blood pressure, have been identified in some individuals following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and may be related to disturbances...
Mild traumatic brain injury/concussion and female sexuality: A scoping review of the literature
2 March 2023
Research papers, Concussion, Female, Sexual functioning
Author(s): Anto-Ocrah et al., 2020
Background The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) in 2010 called for more head injury research on gender disparities to bridge the gender gap for the short-and long-term effects of...
The effect of physical activity on health outcomes in people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a rapid systematic review with meta-analysis
9 January 2023
Research papers, Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s): Liam Johnson, Gavin Williams, Catherine Sherrington, Kavya Pilli, Sakina Chagpar, Aylish Auchettl, Jack Beard, Renee Gill, Gabrielle Vassallo, Nick Rushworth, Sean Tweedy, Grahame Simpson, Adam Scheinberg, Kelly Clanchy, Anne Tiedemann & Leanne Hassett
Abstract Background In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first global physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for children and adults living with disability. The evidence informing the...
Neuropathology in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A systematic review of comparative post-mortem histology literature
6 August 2022
Research papers, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Author(s): Helen C. Murray, Chelsie Osterman, Paige Bell, Luca Vinnell and Maurice A. Curtis
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head trauma and is characterised by the perivascular accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) in the depths of cortical sulci....
Healthcare choices following mild traumatic brain injury in Australia
4 July 2022
Research papers, Clinical care, Concussion, Persisting Post Concussion Symptoms
Author(s): Jacinta Thorne, Shaun Markovic, HuiJun Chih, Elizabeth Thomas, Amanda Jeferson, Samar Aoun, Melinda Fitzgerald and Sarah Hellewell
ABSTRACT Background: Accurate data on the types of healthcare people seek in the early stages following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in Australia is lacking. We sought to investigate the...
Employment and Economic Outcomes of Participants with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the TRACK-TBI Study
29 June 2022
Research papers, Concussion
Author(s): Gaudette et al., 2022
IMPORTANCE Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may impair the ability to work. Strategies to facilitate return to work are understudied. OBJECTIVE To assess employment and economic outcomes for employed, working-age...
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