Contents of Volume 45 / Inhalt von Jahrgang 45 Sommaire du volume 45

Subject Index: Volume 45

JRRD At A Glance for Volume 45, Number 7, 2008

Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also called concussion, is a common injury type among returning Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans. Headaches are the common pain consequence of TBI. However, little is known about the character of posttraumatic headaches in OIF/OEF veterans with mild TBI. We evaluated headache patterns among a group of 126 OIF/OEF veterans...

JRRD Volume 45, Number 5, 2008 At A Glance

Profoundly deaf people can have trouble mixing socially, and children born deaf rarely develop spoken language compared with persons who hear. Both groups can benefit from the cochlear implant. It has a microphone that passes signals to a small processor worn behind the ear. Coded information is then transmitted through the skin to the implanted unit behind the ear. This transmission stimulates...

JRRD At A Glance for Volume 45, Number 4, 2008

Symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS) may be due to abnormal regulation of the volume of brain and spinal fluid. No relevant research exists on individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI). We studied symptoms of 64 subjects with TBI, SCI, multiple sclerosis, or no impairments at the 2007 National Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass, Colorado. We found a h...

JRRD at a Glance for Volume 45, Number 9, 2008

We tested a series of commercially available titanium ultralight wheelchairs using American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) testing procedures to compare their durability with previously tested aluminum ultralight wheelchairs and lightweight wheelchairs. Three of each of the following titanium wheelchairs ...