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The TBI Resource Guide is the internet`s central source of information regarding traumatic brain injury. The TBI Resource Guide website consists of over 1,300 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.
Magnetic Stimulation for the Injured Brain (Jan 24)
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a possible treatment for brain injury patients.
Full article: click here
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Dementia Drug May Help TBI Survivors (Jan 17)
Drugs currently used to enhance function of the chemical transmitter acetylcholine may benefit survivors of TBI.
Full article: click here
The Winter 2005 (14.1) issue of the Inside View quarterly
newsletter is now available! With a $12 yearly subscription ($24
international), glossy, hard-copy versions of the Inside View will be
delivered to your door every three months.
Two-year subscriptions are only $22 ($44 international) and three-year
subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).
Winter Issue Table of Contents:
Brain Remapping May Be Key to Recovery
Reducing TBI's Among Students
Repairing Neuronal Damage
Common TBI Treatment My Be Harmful
25 Years of TBI Rehabilitation
Testing New Coma Drug
2005 Conference Schedule
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01/25/05 Effect of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Augmentation on Regional Oxygenation and Metabolism After Head Injury
01/21/05 Magnetic Stimulation Alters Brain
01/21/05 Intensive Glycemic Control May Be Hazardous for Injured Brain
01/20/05 Fracture Jaw, Lose Consciousness and Suffer Less Than If You Don't Black Out?
01/19/05 S-100 Measurement in Patients With Minor Head Injury Can Reduce CT Use
01/18/05 Wives' Coping Flexibility, Time Since Husbands' Injury and the Perceived Burden of Wives of Men with Traumatic Brain Injury
01/18/05 A New Shoulder Range of Motion Screening Measurement: Its Reliability and Application in the Assessment of the Prevalence of Shoulder Contractures in Patients with Impaired Consciousness Caused by Severe Brain Damage
01/17/05 The Curry Cure
01/17/05 Cerebral Correlates of Declarative Memory Dysfunctions in Early Traumatic Brain Injury
01/17/05 Alzheimer's Drug for Traumatic Brain Injury
01/14/05 Persistent Vegetative state: What Does That Mean?
01/11/05 Continuum of Care Model for Managing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in a Workers' Compensation Context: A description of the Model and Its Development
01/11/05 A Comparison of the Glasgow Coma Scale Score to Simplified Alternative Scores for the Prediction of Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes
01/11/05 Apathy and Depression in Cross-Cultural Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury
01/10/05 Effects of Blows to Brain Linger a Lifetime
01/07/05 The Mayo-Portland Participation Index: A Brief and Psychometrically Sound Measure of Brain Injury Outcome
01/07/05 Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Cannot be Differentiated From Substance Abuse
01/07/05 Accuracy of World-Wide-Web Death Searches for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
01/06/05 Understanding the 'Miserable Minority': A Diasthesis-Stress Paradigm for Post-Concussional Syndrome
01/06/05 The Assessment of Executive Functions: Coming Out of the Office
01/05/05 Development of an Applied Cognition Scale to Measure Rehabilitation Outcomes
01/04/05 The Reliability and Validity of the Life Satisfaction Index-A With Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury
01/04/05 Mental Imagery for Relearning of People After Brain Injury
01/04/05 Cognitive Sequelae of Head Injury: Involvement of Basal Forebrain and Associated Structures
01/03/05 UNC Players Take Part In Concussion Study
12/29/04 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship of T2 SE and T2&Ast;GE to Clinical Severity and Outcome
12/29/04 Articulatory Function Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood: A Perceptual and Instrumental Analysis
12/28/04 Differential Time and Related Appearance of Signs, Indicating Improvement in the State of Consciousness in Vegetative State
Traumatic Brain Injury (VS-TBI) Patients After Initiation of Dopamine Treatment
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Keep up with the latest traumatic brain injury legislative resources and activities. Includes list of state and federal bills, task forces and news.
TBI Legislation page: click here
A number of in-depth articles about specific conditions related to traumatic brain injury have been added to our neurolinks section. They can be found in the "conditions" section of Neurolinks 1.
concussion
contusion
dementia due to tbi
electrical injuries
endcrocine complications after tbi
epilepsy after tbi
hematoma (epidural and subdural)
heterotopic ossification
penetrating head trauma
post-concussive syndrome
repeptitive head injury syndrome
sexuality after injury
benign paraxysmal positional vertigo
Neurolinks page: click here
Feb 4-5
Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Feb 12
Brain Injury Association of Arizona Ball and Auction
Arizona Biltomore Resort
Email: ldawson@azcns.com
Feb 13-17
NANOS Annual Conference
Copper Mountain Resort, CO
860-586-7507
Email: ctubby@nanosweb.org
Website: www.nanosweb.org/meetings/nanos2004/index.htm
Feb 17-18
Third Annual TBI Conference:
Expression of Sexuality and Behaviors Following a TBI
Montreal, Canada
514-345-0601 x140
Email: marianne.reux.miriam@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Website: www.premtgc.org/english/
Mar 3-4
Brain Injury Association of Utah Medical & Legal Conference
Salt Lake City, UT
801-531-7514
Email: amanda@utla.org
Mar 9
Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Annual Conference
Marlborough, MA
508-795-0244
Email: mbia@mbia.net
Website: www.mbia.net
Mar 17-18
Brain Injury Association of Maryland Annual Conference
Baltimore, MD
410-448-2924
Email: info@biamd.org
Website: www.biamd.org
Mar 25
Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island Annual Conference
Warwick, RI
401-461-6599
Email: braininjuryctr@biaofri.org
Website: 63.126.124.136/RI
Apr 8-9
Insight Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Apr 8-9
The Multicontext Approach to Cognitive Rehabilitation
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Website: www.mindworksgroup.ca
Apr 9-16
AAN Annual Conference
Miami Beach, FL
651-695-2717
Email: memberservices@aan.com
Website: am.aan.com
Apr 10-14
World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Sao Paolo, Brazil
+32-9-344-3959
Email: isprm2005@isprm.org
Website: www.na5.com.br/isprm/
Apr 14-16
Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Conference
Vancouver, Canada
604-875-1775
Website: www.tbivancouver2005.com
Apr 26-27
Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin Annual Conference
Green Bay, WI
414-778-4144
Email: biaw@execpc.com
Website: www.biaw.org
Apr 28-29
Brain Injury Association of Maine Annual Conference
Portland, ME
207-861-9900
Website: www.biame.org
May 4-8
World Congress on Brain Injury Bi-Annual Conference
Melbourne, Australia
+61-3-9682-0244
Email: braininjury@icms.com.au
Website: www.icms.com.au/braininjury/
May 9-13
International Conference on Developmental and Learning Disabilities
New York, NY
212-273-66457
Email: tsobel@yai.org
Website: www.yai.org
May 13-14
Visual Perceptual Dysfunction Part 1
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
June 17-18
Understanding and Dealing with Behaviour Problems Following Brain Injury
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
June 21-25
Case Management Society of America Conference
Orlando, FL
501-225-2229 Ext. 1-27
Email: cmsa@cmsa.org
www.cmsa.org/Conference/2005ORLANDO/
Aug ?
4th Annual Conference of the Neuro Trauma Society of India
Kolkata,India
Email: drgk@prusty.com
Sep 17
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Sep 29-30
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Website: 63.126.124.136/Michigan
Sep 29-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Colorado Annual Conference
Vail, CO
303-355-9969
Email: biacolo@aol.com
Website: www.biacolorado.org
Sep 29-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Illinois Annual Conference
TBA
312-726-5699
Website: www.biausa.org/Illinois/bia.htm
Nov 19
Information Processing: Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Dec 3
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Physical Therapists
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
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Head and Brain Injuries
By Elaine Landau
Price: $26.60
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Head Injury
By Paul R. Cooper
Price: $159.00
Synopsis
The one and only book available that emphasizes the practical care of the head-injured patient. A superior reference for neurosurgeons--and a must-have for trauma and emergency physicians. New to this edition: chapters on prevention and management of seizures, anesthetic considerations, nutrition and more.
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Head Injury in Children and Adolescents
By Vivian Begali
Price: $180.00
Synopsis
The complex nature of traumatic brain injury and its implications are examined carefully from medical, neuropsychological, rehabilitative and educational perspectives. The contents are arranged in a spiraling manner to provide the reader with a progressive and practical appreciation of traumatic brain injury and its neurobehavioral effects. The author addresses physiological, cognitive, social and psychological consequences, epidemiology, recovery and prognosis, behavioral management, psychopharmacology, cognitive rehabilitation, assessment, reintegration and educational program planning. New chapters, case studies, informative tables and illustrations, numerous treatment strategies, over 600 references, resources for the practitioner and glossary complement this well-integrated and multidimensional text.
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Head Injury: Information and Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
By Christopher D. Sturm
Price: $23.50
Synopsis
Provides general information and answers to commonly asked questions regarding the aspects of severe head injury. Topics include: the accident, types of head injury, symptoms and behavior, intensive care setting, prognosis and outcomes, emotional reactions, aspects of therapy, prevention, and glossary of terms. For the consumer.
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Head Injury: The Facts
By D. M. A. Gronwall
Price: $19.95
Synopsis
An increasing number of people die in traffic accidents each year. The hidden road toll, the drivers, passengers and pedestrians who are head-injured but not killed is a significantly higher figure, and improved medical techniques should ensure a greater survival rate in the future. But the accident victim is not the only sufferer. This book is written for the family and friends of a head-injured person, providing comprehensive information not normally available to the layperson on the effects and treatment of head injury, prognostic signs and rehabilitation of the patient.
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For a complete list of over 200 brain injury related books: click here
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The Brain Injury Association of America announces two new products, a green wristband and a window decal. Both of these exciting new products will allow the Association to raise awareness and will help support our efforts to reach the 5.3 million Americans living with brain injury.
The green wristband has the phrase "Mind Matters" and "BIAA" embedded in the band. The green represents new life and growth experienced through the rehabilitation process.
The 3" x 3" cling-on decal shows our green brain injury awareness ribbon.
Show your support by wearing a green "Mind Matters" wristband and displaying a decal on your car. Share them with your friends and family.
To purchase go to: BIAA Site
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That is all for this month. See you in February!
Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com
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