Blogs
Colorado Springs Workshop: ‘Tools for Navigating Recovery’
Target Audience: Survivors of a brain injury, family and caregivers In partnership with HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital. Speakers include: Dr. Michael Nunley, PhD & Terri Cassidy, OT – Ten tips for your injured loved one, and a family beginning the marathon Dr. Kiran Pandit, MD – Behavioral, Emotional, and Mood issues in TBI and Neuroimaging Modalities
Brain Injury Educational Classes The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance offers a variety of educational classes – including our monthly Brain Injury Basics class – for families, individuals and professionals in the Twin Cities. Our educators can also train your staff on-site at your facility with our Traveling Workshops. Brain Injury Basics Caregiving: February 26, 2015
Age of First Exposure to Football and Later-Life Cognitive Impairment in Former NFL Players
Age of First Exposure to Football and Later-Life Cognitive Impairment in Former NFL Players Neurology (as taken from Children’s Safety Network) February 4, 2015 To determine the relationship between exposure to repeated head impacts through tackle football prior to age 12, during a key period of brain development, and later-life executive function, memory, and estimated
Sleep Disturbances in Athletic Concussion Informa (as taken from Children’s Safety Network) Jan 27, 2015 Sleep disturbances are a common symptom following concussions to include athletic concussion. This review applies literature on sleep following traumatic brain injury and concussion to sport concussions and places these considerations in the context of sleep and athletic performance. It
School-Based Consultation to Improve Concussion Recognition and Response
School-Based Consultation to Improve Concussion Recognition and Response Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation Jan 27, 2015 (as taken from Children’s Safety Network) Many students who have sustained concussions return to school requiring academic adjustments while their brains heal. However, school personnel often are not trained to accommodate these students. This exploratory project examined the
BIAC’s 2015 Annual Conference will be held on Friday, March 6, 2015. BIAC is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Cantu, Boston University School of Medicine, will be our plenary speaker, presenting on concussions, and he will offer an additional workshop option on biomarkers. Dr. Cantu is one of the world’s foremost authorities on concussions
Trajectories of Physical Health in the First 5 Years after Traumatic Brain Injury
Journal of Neurology as taken from Children’s Safety Network Dec 16, 2014 The aims of the study were to examine whether self-reported physical health changes over the first 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI), and whether the trajectories of physical health over that time period could be predicted by demographic and injury-related variables. http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org/news/trajectories-physical-health-first-5-years-after-traumatic-brain-injury-journal-neurology
Contiuum as taken from Children’s Safety Network Dec 16, 2014 As the issue of brain injury in athletes has emerged and developed, shifting the landscape of public concern, neurologists have become more directly involved in the diagnosis and management of sports concussion. http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org/news/sports-concussion-diagnosis-and-management-contiuum
The Epidemiology of Vasospasm in Children with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Critical Care Medicine as taken from Children’s Safety Network Dec 16, 2014 The purpose of this study was to gain a description of the prevalence and time course of vasospasm in children suffering moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org/news/epidemiology-vasospasm-children-moderate-severe-traumatic-brain-injury-critical-care-medicine
Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
Pediatrics as taken from Children’s Safety Network Dec 09, 2014 To reduce missed cases of pediatric abusive head trauma (AHT), Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network investigators derived a 4-variable AHT clinical prediction rule (CPR) with sensitivity of .96. Our objective was to validate the screening performance of this AHT CPR in a new, equivalent patient