Multisensory impairment reported by veterans with and without mild traumatic brain injury history

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 971-984

  Pogoda, Terri K ^a,b   Hendricks, Ann M ^a,b   Iverson, Katherine M ^a,c,e   Stolzmann, Kelly L ^a   Krengel, Maxine H ^a,c   Baker, Errol ^a   Meterko, Mark ^a,b   Lew, Henry L ^d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Blast injuries; Brain injuries; Depression; Hearing impairment; Iraq; Multisensory impairment; Nonblast injuries; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Vestibular impairment; Veterans; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURY; DEPRESSION; HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; IRAQ; MULTISENSORY; NONBLAST INJURIES; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VESTIBULAR IMPAIRMENT; VETERANS; VISION IMPAIRMENTS;

AUDITION; DISEASES;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTISENSORY IMPAIRMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VETERAN; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VETERANS; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868111875     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.06.0099     Document Type: Article

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