CogSMART compensatory cognitive training for traumatic brain injury: Effects over 1 year

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 391-401

  Twamley, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Thomas, Kelsey R ^c   Gregory, Amber M ^d   Jak, Amy J ^a,b   Bondi, Mark W ^a,b   Delis, Dean C ^a   Lohr, James B ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cognitive rehabilitation; Depression; Employment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Rehabilitation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIS-KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUP DYNAMICS; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY FOR INTENTIONS SCREENING TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY; AGE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INJURY SCALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 84946581529     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000076     Document Type: Article

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