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NEW RESEARCH ARTICLES
1. Concussion Study First To Show Cumulative Effects Of Multiple Concussions In High School Athletes
A high school athlete with a history of three or more concussions who sustains a new concussion may
be up to nine times more likely to experience common symptoms compared to high school athletes with
no history of concussion.
Read the full article at:
http://neuroskills.com/pr-athletes.shtml
2. Brain Injury Association of America Issues Statement on Football-Related Brain Injury
As momentum builds during another season of one of America's more popular sports, the Brain Injury
Association of America encourages football players, coaches, trainers and family members to remember
safety and vigilance as a key part of the game.
Read the full article at:
http://neuroskills.com/pr-footballbia.shtml
3. Using Their Heads
Some recent studies have indicated a short-term cognitive decline in players immediately after
heading. At the same time, physicians remain uncertain about the risks of long-term cognitive
degeneration.
Read the full article at:
http://neuroskills.com/pr-soccer.shtml
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REHABILITATION MANUALS
Based on interviews with hundreds of brain injury survivors and family members, and over 20 years of
specialized traumatic brain injury services, the Centre for Neuro Skills has published a series of
instructional manuals aimed at giving families and caregivers the tools needed to continue
therapeutic rehabilitation in the home.
We offer two versions of each training manual - soft-bound books and electronic. The electronic,
CD-based books are in PDF format and can be printed if desired. Acrobat Reader is provided on the
CD.
You can find a listing of the manuals at:
http://neuroskills.com/manuals.shtml
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CLINICAL TRIALS
New research studies currently recruiting patients:
Progesterone Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury
You can find this clinical trial and others at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/tbi/trials.shtml
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INSIDE VIEW NEWSLETTER
The Winter 2003 issue (12th year) of the Inside View quarterly
newsletter will soon be 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 now only $22 ($44 international) and three-year
subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).
You can subscribe to the Inside View newsletter at:
https://www.neuroskills.com/ivsubscription.shtml
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CURRENT TBI PRESS RELEASES
11/25/02 Concussion Should Be Taken Seriously
11/21/02 Musician's Inspiring Road Back From Bullet in Brain
11/21/02 After Novel Priming, Many Human Stem Cells Generate Cholinergic Neurons in Rat
11/20/02 Prediction of Post-Traumatic Complaints After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Early Symptoms
and Biochemical Markers
11/19/02 Soccer Headgear Uncool to Researchers, Too
11/19/02 Treatment of Story Grammar Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study
11/19/02 Predictors of Caregiver Burden Following Traumatic Brain Injury
11/19/02 Prediction of Employment Status Following Traumatic Brain Injury Using a Behavioural
Measure of Frontal Lobe Functioning
11/19/02 Identification of Rehabilitation Problems After Head Injury
11/19/02 Family Caregivers' Reactions and Coping for Persons with Brain Injury
11/19/02 Applicability of the 15-Item Versions of the Judgement of Line Orientation Test for
Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
11/18/02 'We Believe in Miracles,' says Brain-Injury Patient's Father
11/18/02 Serial Transcranial Doppler Measurements in Traumatic Brain Injury with Special Focus on
the Early Posttraumatic Period
11/17/02 A Traumatic Head Injury Survivor Gives Thanks
11/15/02 Using Their Heads
11/15/02 Study: Skiers and Snowboarders Need Helmets
11/14/02 Indoor Stadium Floors Hardest on Players' Heads
11/14/02 High Impact: Skateboarder On A Mission After Near-Fatal Spill
11/14/02 Brain Damage in Boxers Occurs Long Before Symptoms
11/13/02 Repeated Mild Injury Causes Cumulative Damage to Hippocampal Cells
11/11/02 Traumatic Brain Injury and Atrophy of the Cingulate Gyrus
11/10/02 In Study, Hope for Stem Cells: One Professor Says Recent Discoveries Could Help Restore
Damaged Parts of the Brain
11/09/02 Impact of Mandatory Helmet Legislation on Bicycle-Related Head Injuries in Children: A
Population-Based Study
11/08/02 Dynamic Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Support for the Theory of Medial Temporal
Vulnerability
11/06/02 Impaired Recognition of Social Emotions following Amygdala Damage
11/05/02 Bike Helmet Laws Prove Their Worth
11/04/02 Protect Those Young Heads Out on the Slopes
11/01/02 Lamp Gas Could Aid Brain Injury Patients
11/01/02 Brain Injury Woman's 'Miracle' Recovery
10/31/02 Pushing for Pole-Vault Changes: Deaths of Three Young Athletes Prompt Calls for Mandatory
Helmets
10/31/02 Written Discourse of Adolescents with Closed Head Injury
10/31/02 Use of the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) to Characterize Changes in Functioning
for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury who Participated in a Post-Acute Rehabilitation
Programme
10/30/02 Self-Awareness of Prospective Memory Failure in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
10/30/02 Children's Brain Injury: A Postal Follow-Up of 525 Children From One Health Region in the
UK
10/30/02 Attitudes of Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury Towards Disability
10/29/02 Weaker CAT Scans Sought for Kids
10/29/02 Sports Concussion Study First To Show Cumulative Effects Of Multiple Concussions In High
School Athletes
10/28/02 Developing a Clinical Decision Instrument to Rule out Intracranial Injuries in Patients
with Minor Head Trauma: Methodology of the NEXUS II Investigation
10/28/02 Corticosteroids for Traumatic Brain Injury
The above press releases and a complete listing can be found at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/current.shtml
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MULTI-MEDIA CENTER
Our digital library includes graphics and animations of various aspects of neurology and traumatic
brain injury.
You can find the graphics library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/graphics.shtml
You can find these animations library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/animations.shtml
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS 2003
Feb 12
Vermont Brain Injury Legal Conference
Burlington, VT
Phone: 802-453-6456
Email: biavt@aol.com
Web Site: www.biavt.org
March 27-28
Brain Injury Association of Maryland Conference
Baltimore, MD
Phone: 410-448-2924
Email: info@biamd.org
Web Site: www.biamd.org
March 29-April 1
Public Policy Conference
Washington D.C.
Web Site: www.biausa.org
May 15-16
BIA New Jersey Annual Conference
Eatontown, NJ
Phone: 732-738-1002
Email: jschulman@bianj.org
Web Site: www.bianj.org
June 4-7
Annual Case Management Conference
Dallas, TX
Web Site: www.cmsa.org
October 2-3
BIA Ohio Annual Conference
Columbus, OH
Phone: 614-481-7100
Web Site: www.biaoh.org
October 16
BIA West Virginia Annual Conference
Phone: 304-766-4892
Web Site: www.biausa.org/WVirginia
For a full listing of conferences being held in 2003,
please go to http://www.neuroskills.com/events.shtml
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BOOKS-OF-THE-MONTH
This month's featured books on traumatic brain injury are:
Normal Again: Redefining Life with Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595237169/centreforneuroskA/
Rescuing Brain Injured Children
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853981117/centreforneuroskA/
The Rehabilitation of People With Traumatic Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0632045175/centreforneuroskA/
The Shortest Distance: The Pursuit of Independence for Person With Acquired Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878205684/centreforneuroskA/
Educational Dimensions of Acquired Brain Injuries
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0890795983/centreforneuroskA/
For a complete listing of brain injury related books go to:
http://www.neuroskills.com/booksmaster.shtml
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Centre for Neuro Skills rehabilitation facility in Bakersfield, California has immediate
openings for the positions listed below. You can contact the Human Resources Dept. at
hrca@neuroskills.com or call 800-922-4994 or 661-872-3408.
Lotus Notes Developer
Counselor
Find the CNS employment opportunities page and job details at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/cns/employ.shtml
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E-NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
Have you missed one of our newsletters? You can now read past issues of our monthly e-newsletter in
our archive section at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/enewsmenu.shtml
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That is all for this month. See you in December.
Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
craig@neuroskills.com
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