Sentences with phrase «people with traumatic brain injury»

How does music help people with traumatic brain injuries?

One limitation of the study was that medical codes were used to identify people with traumatic brain injury and some cases may have been missed.

Perhaps they could turn the space into a classroom, study whether lighting can reduce falls among older people or probe whether certain office conditions make it easier for people with traumatic brain injuries to return to work.

Problem - solving training for family caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injuries: A randomized controlled trial

Denise Krch, PhD, and James Sumowski, PhD, research scientists in the Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory at Kessler Foundation, received a $ 379,000 grant to study cognitive reserve in people with traumatic brain injury.

However, the technology could one day be incorporated into a device aimed at helping those with memory impairments, such as people with traumatic brain injury or neurodegenerative diseases.

Another 280,000 people with traumatic brain injuries linger in a minimally conscious state (MCS), with wavering awareness and a sporadic ability to respond to stimuli.

An Expensive Brain Injury A 1989 study by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke found that the lifetime cost of treatment for a single person with a traumatic brain injury was more than $ 4 million.

Her work is designed to help people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), an impairment caused by damage to critical white matter in the brain.

John acts for plaintiffs in serious injury matters, including for persons with traumatic brain injuries, and orthopedic, paraplegia, and quadriplegia injuries.

«That's our main thrust, to improve the lives of people with traumatic brain injury, strokes, peripheral neuropathies, and other kinds of paralytic diseases.»

Uncovering the mechanisms that enable multitasking is the first step toward improving the abilities of patients, such as persons with traumatic brain injury, who often display deficits in multitasking ability.»

A recent article by Kessler Foundation researchers describes Actual Reality ™ as a new tool for assessing performance of activities of everyday life (ADL) in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Eight units in Salina Crossing are available through priority leasing to persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

A person with a traumatic brain injury may become confused easily, may get lost in familiar areas, may be easily distracted and may have an increased sensitivity to normal lights and sounds.

People with a traumatic brain injury can be treated while staying in hospital (as an in - patient) or after they're discharged into the community (as an out - patient).

People with traumatic brain injuries, say after a car accident or an assault, can have behavioural problems long after their physical injuries have healed.

Sara also sees adolescents and young adults struggling with depression or anxiety, issues with self - confidence and identity; and people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

Preinjury emotional and family functioning in caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injury

Changes in ratings of caregiver burden following a community - based behavior management program for persons with traumatic brain injury