Human body mathematical modeling in impact biomechanics was firstly led in order to predict body kinematics and only later to define injury mechanisms. The objective of the undergoing research is to produce numerical tools which are able to predict head injuries. The present study focuses on the injury prediction capability of a numerical head model simulating professional football players who ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We compare the prevalence of clinically important traumatic brain injuries and the use of cranial computed tomography (CT) in children with minor blunt head trauma with and without ventricular shunts. METHODS We performed a secondary analysis of a prospective observational cohort study of children with blunt head trauma presenting to a participating Pediatric Emergency Care Ap...

A series of 43 traumatic head impact experiments on non-human primates carried out in the past were simulated with a validated finite element model of the specimens. From these simulations, brain tissue response and head accelerations were extracted. Based on these accelerations, existing global head injury criteria (HIC, BRIC, GAMBIT and RIC) were calculated. Correlation between the local brai...

Neuroendocrine complications are among important and frequently missed complications of traumatic brain injury. Hypopituitarism, the partial or complete insufficiency of anterior pituitary secretion may be underrecognized due to its subtle clinical manifestations in traumatic patients. We report a case of 14.5-year-old girl who was admitted due to growth failure and had been diagnosed to have m...

traumatic brain injury (tbi) is a common injury leading to child disability and is associated with a variety of long-term cognitive, social, and behavioral dysfunctions. emotion perception (ep) starts up an integral part of social communication is critical to achieve developmentally appropriate goals. this skill, which emerges relatively early in development, is driven by increasing connectivit...

Animal models have played a critical role in elucidating the complex pathogenesis of traumatic brain injury, the major cause of death and disability in young adults in Western countries. This review discusses how different types of animal models are useful for the study of neuropathologic processes in traumatic, blunt, nonmissile head injury.

BACKGROUND Epidemiological research on the incidence of traumatic head injuries relies on the correct definition and classification of the injury. OBJECTIVE To address the use of diagnostic criteria and ICD-10 codes to define minor head injury in Swedish hospitals managing patients with head injury. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to all 76 Swedish hospitals managing head injuries. The h...

Traumatic brain injury is a substantial cause ofmorbidity and mortality in the UK. An estimated 11 000 people per year sustain a severe traumatic brain injury, mostly between ages 15 and 29 years. Patients with severe traumatic brain injury have a high mortality rate (30-50%) and many survivors will have persistent severe neurological disability. Prompt identification and appropriate early mana...