Though sleep disturbance has shown to negatively affect outcomes related post-deployment conditions, it is unclear whether and how affects mental health symptoms beyond these conditions. We evaluated the independent moderating effects of quality on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive, neurobehavioral mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) PTSD diagnosis. Participants were 274 US combat ...

This manuscript reports the results of two studies focusing on patients with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The first assesses the validity of the Meyers Short Battery (MSB) of neuropsychological tests. The second study reports on the reliability of the MSB. The groups consisted of normal controls, depressed, chronic pain patients, and patients with mild TBI. Validity was assessed using a d...

Background: The present study assesses independent predictors of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) in order to design a prognostic rule for identification of high risk children with mild head injury. Materials and Methods: In a retrospective cross-sectional study, 3,199 children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) brought to emergency ward of three hospitals in Tehran, Iran...

This research was designed to determine if veterans with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) show neuropsychological deficits in any of a number of areas (e.g., executive functions, memory). Independent groups, mild TBI (n=57) and control (n=57), were administered seven measures of cognitive functioning, five that are associated with executive processes and two that are associated with potential ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of mortality and disability among male adolescents and young adults; and mild traumatic brain injury is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. The disruption of blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays an important role in brain trauma. Previously, we have found that slit2, a member of slit protein family, increases permeability of BBB. In the p...

EEG spectral analyses were conducted from 19 scalp locations for patients with mild (n=40), moderate (n=25), and severe (n=43) traumatic brain injury (TBI), 15 days to 4 years after injury. Severity of TBI was judged by emergency hospital admission records (Glasgow Coma Score and duration of coma and amnesia). Highest-loading EEG variables on each factor that differed significantly between seve...

BACKGROUND Records of the Rochester Epidemiological Project were used to determine the incidence of secondary seizures after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in all cases treated for this condition in the population of Olmsted County, Minn, from 1935 to 1984. Medical records of the Mayo Clinic and all other medical facilities in Olmsted County, Minn, are in the database of this Project. Incidence r...

OBJECTIVE To examine objective and subjective reports of sleep disturbance in school-aged children who had sustained mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) at least 6 months prior to the study. METHODS Eighteen children aged 7-12 years with a history of mild TBI (GCS 13-15. LOC < 15 min) were compared to 30 children with orthopedic injuries using actigraphy and parental and self-report sleep quest...