Table Of ContentBrain Injury Treatment
STUDIES ON NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, NEUROLOGY,
AND COGNITION
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Brain Injury Treatment
Theories and Practices
Edited by
José León-Carrión, Klaus R. H. von Wild
and George A. Zitnay
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1. Brain damage—Patients—Rehabilitation.
I. León-Carrión,
José.
II. Wild, K. R. H. von (Klaus)
III. Zitnay, George A.
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Contents
From the series editor
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List of contributors
xv
List of tables and figures
xviii
Note
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1 Prehospital management of traumatic brain injury
1
ANDY JAGODA AND JOHN BRUNS, JR
Introduction 1
Prehospital systems 2
Prehospital assessment of the TBI patient 4
Prehospital management of the TBI patient 7
Transport decisions 11
Conclusion 12
2 Mild brain injury: Detecting high-risk patients
17
M. A. MUÑOZ-SANCHEZ, F. MURILLO-CABEZAS, AND
J. LEÓN-CARRIÓN
Introduction 17
Risk factors 18
Guidelines for the management of mild head injury 23
Concluding remarks 25
3 Organization of neurological intensive care units
28
JOSÉ MARÍA DOMÍNGUEZ-ROLDÁN, CLAUDIO GARCÍA-ALFARO,
AND WALTER VIDETTA
History of the development of intensive care units 28
Neurological intensive care 31
Care management of patients with traumatic brain injury 33
Care management of patients with cerebrovascular pathology 38
Other pathologies in neurological intensive care 44
General management of neurological intensive care units 45
Cerebral monitoring techniques in the critical patient 48
Evaluating the efficiency of neurological intensive care units 55
4 Current concepts and strategies on early neurorehabilitation
for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI): A model project
according to the guidelines of the German Task Force on Early
Neurological–Neurosurgical Rehabilitation
63
KLAUS R. H. VON WILD
Introduction 63
Historical remarks 64
Spectrum of neurorehabilitation 65
Coma Remission Scale 67
Standards 71
Multidisciplinary team 71
Technology and quality of life 75
Perspectives 76
Concluding remarks 77
5 Electrical treatment of coma: Experience in the eastern USA
and central Japan
80
EDWIN COOPER AND TETSUO KANNO
Introduction 80
Experience in Japan with electrical stimulation for coma 85
Review of prognosis and outcomes in the literature 96
Right median nerve electrical stimulation (RMNS) 102
Discussion 110
Conclusion 110
6 Low-level responsive states
117
JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN, MARÍA DEL ROSARIO DOMÍNGUEZ-
MORALES, AND JOSÉ MARÍA DOMÍNGUEZ-ROLDÁN
Coma 117
Persistent vegetative state 127
Locked-in syndrome (LIS) 132
Minimally responsive state 137
Akinetic mutism 138
Legal aspects 138
Conclusions 140
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7 Diagnosing and treating affective disorders after brain injury
144
DALE F. THOMAS AND JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN
Introduction 144
Epidemiological data 145
Other factors contributing to mood disturbances following
brain injury 148
Suicide precautions and intervention strategies 150
Methods of treating depression and intervention strategies 152
Talk therapy in neurorehabilitation 155
Other treatment modalities to treatment of depression and
anxiety 157
Concluding remarks 157
8 Sleep disorders in patients with traumatic brain injury
163
ANTONIO VELA-BUENO, E. O. BIXLER, AND A. N. VGONTZAS
Introduction 163
Dysomnia 164s
Parasomnias 179
Other sleep disorders 180
Sleep complaints and sleep patterns: relation to cognitive and
behavioural outcome 181
9 Rehabilitation of equilibrium and posture control after brain
injury: The NeuroBird method
187
JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN, EUGENE MIKHAELENOV, MARÍA DEL
ROSARIO DOMÍNGUEZ-MORALES, AND OLGA VORONINA
Introduction 187
Motor control and stability 188
The NeuroBird method: systems and strategies 190
Presentation of a case of rehabilitation of balance with the
NeuroBird method 199
Concluding remarks 202
10 Neuropharmacologic management of impairment after
traumatic brain injury
205
NATHAN D. ZASLER, MICHAEL F. MARTELLI AND
TREVEN C. PICKETT
Introduction 205
Neurotransmitter receptors 206
Principles of therapeutics 207
Contents
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Overview of pharmacologic agents by class 210
Review of treatment options for specific clinical deficits 214
Conclusions 222
11 Spasticity of cerebral origin
230
JOHN S. HONG AND CHRISTOPHER G. ZITNAY
Background 230
Clinical 232
12 Rehabilitation in water: A practical guide
250
GIANPIETRO SALVI, ANNAMARIA QUARENGHI, AND
PAOLA QUARENGHI
Introduction 250
Effects of immersion on the human body 250
The effect of water on the human body 251
Therapeutic effects of water on the human body 252
Structures and means 252
Role of the physiotherapist 252
Indications for rehabilitation in water 253
Contraindications for rehabilitation in water 253
Objectives of treatment in water of patients with TBI 253
Treatment of post-TBI patients 258
Symptoms of cerebellar dysfunction problems and balance 260
Proprioceptive difficulty 265
Stiff joints 267
Stenosis due to injury to the central or peripheral nervous
systems 270
Conclusion 273
13 Neuropsychological assessment of persons with acquired brain injury
275
JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN, PAUL J. TAAFFE, AND JUAN MANUEL
BARROSO Y MARTÍN
Introduction 275
Quantitative and qualitative assessment 275
The clinical interview 277
Cognitive assessment 279
The assessment of emotions and personality 300
Social consequences of ABI and assessment 303
Concluding remarks 305
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14 Sevilla Neuropsychological Test Battery (BNS) (version 2.0)
for the assessment of executive functioning
313
JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN
Sevilla computerized Neuropsychological Test Battery (BNS)
(version 2.0) 313
The concept of executive functioning underlying the BNS 315
Evaluation of attentional mechanisms: letter cancellation
subtests 315
Evaluation of hemianopia and hemiattention: tachitoscopic
subtests of attention 317
Evaluation of memory processes and learning 321
Evaluation of neurocognitive interferences: Stroop effect 324
Assessment of decision-making capacity: the Tower of Hanoi-
Sevilla 325
Neurologically-related Changes of Personality Inventory
(NECHAPI) 327
Conclusions 328
15 Methods and tools for the assessment of outcome after brain
injury rehabilitation
331
JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN
Introduction 331
Scales to be used in the acute phase of TBI 332
Functional assessment measures for post-acute phase 340
Measure for emotional outcome after TBI 347
Concluding remarks 350
16 Assessment of response bias in impairment and disability
examinations
354
MICHAEL F. MARTELLI, NATHAN D. ZASLER, SHANE S. BUSH,
AND TREVEN C. PICKETT
Introduction 354
Examinee response biases 355
Attribution and bias 360
Response bias 361
Conclusions: recommendations for enhancing validity in
impairment and disability assessment findings 375
17 Rehabilitation of cognitive disorders after acquired brain
injury: The Combined Method (TCM)
385
JOSÉ LEÓN-CARRIÓN
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