Descriptive characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes in active duty military personnel and veterans with disorders of consciousness with combat- and noncombat-related brain injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1861-1869

  Nakase Richardson, Risa ^a,b,c   McNamee, Shane ^a,d   Howe, Laura L ^e   Massengale, Jill ^a   Peterson, Michelle ^a   Barnett, Scott D ^c   Harris, Odette ^e   McCarthy, Marissa ^a   Tran, Johanna ^a   Scott, Steven ^a   Cifu, David X ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Research Center of Excellence for Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Consciousness disorders; Executive function; Outcome assessment (health care); Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC STORMING; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSULTATION; CONVALESCENCE; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROREHABILITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL AUTONOMIC INSTABILITY WITH DYSTONIA; PAROXYSMAL SYMPATHETIC HYPERACTIVITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SOLDIER; SPASTICITY; VETERAN;

BRAIN INJURIES; COMA RECOVERY SCALE-REVISED; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CRS-R; DISORDER OF CONSCIOUSNESS; DOC; ECP; EMERGING CONSCIOUSNESS PROGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GALVESTON ORIENTATION AND AMNESIA TEST; GCS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GOAT; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; LCFS; LEVELS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING SCALE; O-LOG; ORIENTATION LOG; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYTRAUMA REHABILITATION CENTER; POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA; PRC; PTA; REHABILITATION; TBI; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VA; VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VHA;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84884701215     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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