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The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering rehabilitation medicine as it relates to head injuries. It was established in 1986 and is published by Wolters Kluwer. It the official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America. The editor-in-chief is John D. Corrigan (Ohio State University).
X-rays are still used for head trauma, but evidence suggests they are not useful; head injuries are either so mild that they do not need imaging or severe enough to merit the more accurate CT. [80] Angiography may be used to detect blood vessel pathology when risk factors such as penetrating head trauma are involved. [10]
A head injury is any injury that results in trauma to the skull or brain. The terms traumatic brain injury and head injury are often used interchangeably in the medical literature. [ 1 ] Because head injuries cover such a broad scope of injuries, there are many causes—including accidents, falls, physical assault, or traffic accidents—that ...
A coup-contrecoup injury occurs when the force impacting the head is not only strong enough to cause a contusion at the site of impact, but also able to move the brain and cause it to displace rapidly into the opposite side of the skull, causing an additional contusion. open head injury; closed head injury
Closed-head injuries are caused primarily by vehicular accidents, falls, acts of violence, and sports injuries. [4] Falls account for 35.2% of brain injuries in the United States, with rates highest for children ages 0–4 years and adults ages 75 years and older. [3] Head injuries are more common in men than women across every age group. [3]
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience; Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology; Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; Journal of Huntington's Disease; Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability; Journal of Neural Transmission; Journal of Neurology; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; Journal of Neuropathology ...
SIS is a potential complication from an athlete returning to a game before symptoms from a minor head injury have subsided. [4] Such symptoms include headache, cognitive difficulties, or visual changes. [1] The initial injury may be a concussion, or it may be another, more severe, type of head trauma, such as cerebral contusion. [5]
1–24 hours – the injury is moderate in severity and full recovery is expected. The patient may experience some minor post-concussive symptoms (e.g. headaches, dizziness). 1–7 days – the injury is severe, and recovery may take weeks to months. The patient may be able to return to work, but may be less capable than before the injury.