Handout

Plateau: Is My Recovery from Brain Injury Over

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Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages

Population:

Adult

Discipline:

OTSLP

Diagnosis:

Brain InjuryStroke

References:

  • Frasca, D., Tomaszczyk, J., McFadyen, B.J., & Green, R.E.(2013). Traumatic brain injury and post-acute decline: what role does environmental enrichment play? A scoping review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7.
  • Hammond, F.M., Giacino, R.N., Richardson, M.S., Zafonte, R.D., Whyte, J., Arciniegas, D.B., & Tang, Xinyu. (2019). Disorders of consciousness due to traumatic brain injury: functional status ten years post-injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 36(7): 1136-1146.
  • Soros, P., Teasell, R., Hanley, D.F., & Spence, J.D. (2017). Motor recovery beginning 23 years after ischemic stroke. Journal of Neurophysiology, 118: 778-781.
This material busts the myth of a person’s recovery plateauing after a brain injury and explains how the environment can have a positive or negative impact.
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