Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury

Long-Term Outcomes Better Than Expected for Many With Severe TBI

Long-term outcomes for a significant proportion of patients with severe brain injury are better than expected, in new findings that caution against making early, definitive prognoses of poor outcomes and decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Investigators found patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently demonstrated major functional gains, including recovery of independence

Music-based interventions can improve stroke, Parkinson's disease

Music-based interventions have become a core ingredient of effective neurorehabilitation in the past 20 years thanks to the growing body of knowledge. In this theme issue of Neurorehabilitation, experts in the field highlight some of the current critical gaps in clinical applications that have been less thoroughly investigated, such as post-stroke cognition, traumatic brain injury,