Sentences with phrase «study mild traumatic brain injury»

Researchers at Indiana University's School of Optometry have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study mild traumatic brain injury in Indiana University and high school athletes.

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As a result, Dr. Meehan argues that «the term mild traumatic brain injury should not be used interchangeably with concussion,» as suggested by the authors of a 2010 Canadian study, 2 which found that how a brain injury was labeled made a difference when it came to treatment, and suggested that, to encourage full reporting of head injuries in sports and to allow adequate management and recovery time, MTBI be used in its place.

* Update: A 2012 study in the journal Neurology by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic (2) also found no link between intentional heading and acute brain damage (e.g. concussion), but said that it was at least theoretically possible that it could represent a form of repetitive subthreshold mild brain injury over time and could be the cause of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The study also linked traumatic brain injury with the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, including mild cognitive impairment as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Meanwhile, other researchers are studying serum to garner clues about links between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and DNA methylation among individuals who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, gleaning information from samples on 150 service members with mild to severe TBI, along with 50 control subjects.

This new study builds on previous research from this group showing that elevated blood levels of SNTF on the day of a mild traumatic brain injury treated in the emergency room predicted those patients who would go on to suffer diffuse axonal injury and long - term cognitive dysfunction.

After a concussion, a person can be left with disturbed sleep, memory deficits and other cognitive problems for years, but a new study led by Rebecca Spencer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that despite these abnormalities, sleep still helps them to overcome memory deficits, and the benefit is Frontier in Human Neurosciequivalent to that seen in individuals without a history of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as concussion.

But a new study from Tel Aviv University researchers points to an «enriched environment» — specially enhanced surroundings — as a promising path for the rehabilitation of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients.

A Portland State University research team studying concussion has published an interactive diagram showing the many facets of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI)-- from sleep problems to mood disorders to the increased danger of dementia — and how they connect with and affect each other.

«Our study provides compelling preliminary evidence that brain changes resembling mild traumatic brain injury are associated with frequently heading a soccer ball over many years,» said Dr. Lipton.

«Previous research has shown a strong link between moderate to severe traumatic brain injury and an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease but the research on mild traumatic brain injury has not been conclusive,» said senior study author Kristine Yaffe, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

Half of the study participants had been diagnosed with either a mild, moderate or severe traumatic brain injury and half had not.

A new test using peripheral vision reaction time could lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of mild traumatic brain injury, often referred to as a concussion, according to Peter J. Bergold, PhD, professor of physiology and pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and corresponding author of a study newly published online by the Journal of Neurotrauma.

People in the military who suffer more than one mild traumatic brain injury face a significantly higher risk of suicide, according to research by the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah.

A study by NIH researchers provided insight into the damage caused by mild traumatic brain injury and suggested approaches for reducing its harmful effects.

Dr. Mac Donald's team studied five - year outcomes in 50 service members who experienced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in Iraq or Afghanistan and compared the findings to 44 controls who were deployed but not injured.

The study is focused on mild traumatic brain injury, the most common type of brain injury affecting military personnel.

Researchers published results of a novel study of the functional activation patterns of working memory after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The study, published online in the June 25 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, looked at medical charts of children who suffered mild traumatic brain injuries.

It is suggested that researching individual studies will aid the practitioner, the injury victims, or the brain injury victim's advocate or lawyer in learning the long term effects of so called «mild traumatic brain injury.»

According to a recent University of Washington study, 56 percent of mild traumatic brain injuries went undiagnosed in emergency room visits.