[RETVET-INFO] New Research On Military Traumatic Brain Injury

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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:23:19 -0600
New Research On Military Traumatic Brain Injury 
22 January 

Researchers are making new strides in understanding the health consequences and
treatment and rehabilitation needs of combat veterans and other service members
affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). 

The January-February issue of The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
<http://journals.lww.com/headtraumarehab/pages/default.aspx> is a special issue
devoted to new research in military TBI.  It has been estimated that 19 percent
of military personnel will sustain a TBI during combat deployment. Although most
of these injuries are mild, some of those service members who incur a mild TBI
will go on to develop a "post-concussive" syndrome, consisting of chronic
cognitive, behavioral, and psychological problems.  

Highlighted topics in the Jan-Feb issue include: Research linking PTSD to
structural brain damage seen on diffusion tensor imaging-even in service members
with no reported history of mild TBI; a study reporting that service members
with previous TBIs had more symptoms in the first three months after a
subsequent injury, compared to those with their first TBI [and a] study which
found that service members with mild TBI were more likely to report health
symptoms, such as headache, back pain, ringing in the ears, dizziness and memory
problems. Those with dizziness and memory problems were at particularly high
risk of declining health after mild TBI. 

More Information about subject TBI research is available at
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/wkh-nro012213.php

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SOURCE:  Army Public Health Weekly Update, 25 January 2013, at
http://phc.amedd.army.mil/Periodical%20Library/ArmyPublicHealthWeeklyUpdate25Jan
uary2013.pdf




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