Early rehabilitation of comatose patients after traumatic brain injury

Rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury.

Head injury is a common disabling condition but regrettably facilities for rehabilitation are sparse. There is now increasing evidence of the efficacy of a comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation team compared to natural recovery following brain injury. This chapter outlines some basic concepts of rehabilitation and emphasises the importance of valid and reliable outcome measures. The ev...

Cost-effectiveness of early rehabilitation after Traumatic brain injury

Rehabilitation outcome after traumatic brain injury.

Rehabilitation goals after traumatic brain injury are improving function, increasing the level of independence as high as possible, preventing complications and providing an acceptable environment to the patient. Several complications can be encountered during the rehabilitation period which lead to physical, cognitive and neurobehavioral impairments that cause major delay in functional improve...

Neuropsychological rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury patients.

The aim of this review is to discuss the basic forms of neuropsychological rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). More broadly, we discussed cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) which constitutes a fundamental component in therapeutic interaction at many centres worldwide. Equally presented is a comprehensive model of rehabilitation, the fundamental component of which ...

P83: Enhancement of Seizure Incidence after Traumatic Brain Injury

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