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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 1,700 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.
We would like to welcome the recent formation of the California Brain Injury Association (CALBIA). CALBIA is a non-profit membership organization providing information, referrals, education, advocacy and support for those affected by brain injury.
For more information about CALBIA, the upcoming conferences, and how to become a member of this important organization please click here
Research shows brain injury may occur within one millisecond after head hits car windshield (Nov 27)
Research by a Sandia National Laboratories engineer and a University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center neurologist shows that brain injury may occur within one millisecond after a human head is thrust into a windshield as a result of a car accident.
Full article: click here
Constraint-induced movement therapy is effective in rehabilitating brain injury patients (Nov 19)
Patients who receive constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) -- a rehabilitative technique that restrains the less-impaired arm -- show significant improvement in arm and hand function, according to a seven-center national study led by Emory University researchers.
Full article: click here
Hospital discharge instructions for mild brain injury faulty (Nov 11)
Patients are leaving emergency departments after suffering a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury without clear and thorough information about the signs of impending complications
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New guidelines to treat behavior problems following traumatic brain injury (Nov 6)
A Guidelines Working Group reviewed the medical literature and concluded that, with some exceptions, the quality of the evidence was insufficient to support specific therapeutic standards but could be used to guide pharmacologic treatment recommendations.
Full article: click here
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The Fall 2006 (15.4) 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).
Fall Issue Table of Contents:
Healing Potential of Brain Cells
Man's Brain Repairs Itself
Case Study: The Fighting Spirit
Ibuprofen Regimen Worsens Cognition
2006-7 Conference Schedule
About CNS Services
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11/28/06 Analysis of finite element models for head injury investigation: reconstruction of four real-world impacts
11/27/06 Use of the WHOQOL-BREF for evaluating persons with traumatic brain injury
11/27/06 Head injury may lead to depression
11/18/06 Initial CSF total tau correlates with 1-year outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury
11/18/06 Pharmacological enhancement of cognitive and behavioral deficits after traumatic brain injury
11/18/06 Neuroprotection targets after traumatic brain injury
11/18/06 Systematic review of prognostic models in traumatic brain injury
11/11/06 Custom gear offers heads-up research
11/11/06 Hospital discharge instructions for mild brain injury faulty
11/08/06 Research shows brain injury may occur within one millisecond after head hits car windshield
11/07/06 Brain stimulation shown to boost memory: study
11/06/06 A natural setting behavior management program for persons with acquired brain injury: A randomized controlled trial
11/06/06 Brain injury researchers taking clue from rodent
11/06/06 Neurologist: Head trauma puts troops at risk for further injury
11/06/06 Identification of a key gene required for brain neural circuit formation
11/06/06 Growth factor stimulates rapid extension of key motor neurons in brain
11/02/06 Constraint-induced movement therapy is effective in rehabilitating brain injury patients
11/01/06 Inflicted traumatic brain injury: Making the diagnosis in the emergency department
11/01/06 Diet, structured play can help brain-injured children
11/01/06 New guidelines to treat behavior problems following traumatic brain injury
11/01/06 Better than blood?
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The TBI Resource Guide offers four on-line, continuing education courses. Our courses are $60 each and certified for 2-hours.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
Brain Anatomy and Function
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The Centre for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation (CNS - CREF) Is a not-for-profit (503c) foundation whose mission is to further the basis of knowledge about treatment of acquired brain injury at the post acute level and share that knowledge with practicing professionals, family members of those with traumatic brain injuries and the general public.
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** You can now submit your events and conferences directly to our online listing by by going to the page below and clicking on the "submit your event or conference" link:
www.neuroskills.com/events.php
Nov 2 -4
Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Conference
Miami, FL
305-243-3992
Email: contact@pedibrain.org
Web: www.pedibrain.org
Nov 11
Brain Injury Association of Virginia 6th Annual Conference
Richmond, VA
804-355-5748
Email: michelle@biav.net
Web: www.biav.net
Nov 13-15
BIAA Business Practices College Conference
Las Vegas, NV
Web: www.biausa.org
Nov 23-24
Toronto ABI Network Conference
Toronto, ON
416-597-3422 X3961
Email: conference@abinetwork.ca
Web: www.abinetwork.ca/conference2006/
Dec 8-9
Advanced Cognitive Rehab Workshop
Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom
www.braintreetraining.co.uk
2007
Mar 23-24
Polytraumatic Injuries of War
New York, NY
212-947-7111 ext 328
Email: rsp2@nyu.edu
Web: www.nyacadtbi.org
Mar 29-30
BIA of Maryland Annual Conference
Linthicum Heights, MD
410-448-2924
Email: info@biamd.org
Web: www.biamd.org
Apr 28 - Mar 5
AAN Annual Conference
Boston, MA
651-695-2717
Email: memberservices@aan.com
Web: am.aan.com
May 9-11
Visual Perceptual Dysfunction in Adult Brain Injury
Gatwick Airport, UK
Web: cognitive-rehab.org.uk/braintree/vpdw2.htm
May 10-12
5th World AMN-Congress (Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology)
Düsseldorf, Germany
+49(0)3641 35 33 0
Email: amn2007@conventus.de
Web: www.amn2007.de
Oct 3-5
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Conference
St. Charles, MO
314-426-4024
Email: sgee@biamo.org
Web: www.biamo.org
Oct 6
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Family/Survivor Conference
St. Charles, MO
314-426-4024
Email: sgee@biamo.org
Web: www.biamo.org
Nov 16-18
State of the Art Medical and Rehabilitative Care in Brain Injury: Clinical and Legal Implications
Napa, CA
Tel: 661-872-4903
Email: calbiainfo@yahoo.com
Web: calbia.org
Conferences 2006-7: click here
Browse through 200 brain injury related books in our TBI Bookstore. Search by author, keywords, categories or book titles and order online via our association with Amazon.com.
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Have you missed one of our newsletters? You can now read past issues of our monthly e-newsletter in
our archive section: click here
That is all for this month. See you in December!
Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com
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