Researchers conducted a prospective observational study in elderly patients and adult patients receiving antiplatelet therapy who presented
with mild head injury at two trauma hospitals in Vienna: the Trauma Hospital Meidling and the Donauspital.
Not exact matches
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.
New research shows that the brains of some football players who had the usual
head hits associated
with the sport, but no concussions, still had signs of
mild brain
injury six months after the season ended.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that soccer players who frequently
head the ball have brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients
with concussion (
mild traumatic brain
injury).
«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.
In all, 696 of the 19,936 people
with moderate - to - severe
head injuries went on to develop dementia, while only 326 of the 20,703 people
with milder injuries did.
Forty - six participants were enrolled; 27
with isolated
mild TBI and 19 controls who had nonsurgical extremity
injuries and no
head trauma.
I've completed a memoir about my experiences
with the U.S. health - care system after sustaining a
mild traumatic
head injury.
Before these car accidents the claimant had been hospitalized as a result an unrelated PNE accident and was diagnosed
with a
mild concussion and soft - tissue
injuries to her
head and neck, and experienced symptoms of fatigue, headaches, nausea, and nervousness.
Even
mild head injuries can result in traumatic brain
injury, and the damage associated
with brain
injury can often be permanent and debilitating.
After a brain
injury — whether
mild or severe — or any other
head trauma or
head injuries caused by another person's negligence, contact an experienced Dallas brain
injury lawyer
with the Weaver
Injury Law Firm immediately.