Cognitive symptom management and rehabilitation therapy (CogSMART) for veterans with traumatic brain injury: Pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-70

  Twamley, Elizabeth W ^a   Jak, Amy J ^a,b   Delis, Dean C ^a,b   Bondi, Mark W ^a,b   Lohr, James B ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Brain injury; Cog nitive training; Cognitive rehabilitation; Depression; Employment; Executive functioning; Memory; Postconcussive symptoms; Posttraumatic stress disor der; Rehabilitation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS; POSTCONCUSSIVE SYMPTOMS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETURN TO WORK; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETURN TO WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84899152287     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.01.0020     Document Type: Article

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