Brain Injury resources

Activities People with Cognitive Deficits Want to Continue Mastering – A Scoping Study (2018)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Community-dwelling older adults with cognitive deficits are likely to experience challenges with everyday activities. Although cognitive deficits can result from many diagnoses, it has been shown that persons with different diagnoses meet similar challenges in everyday life, such as planning time and maintaining structure in activities. Identifying activities perceived as challenging is not enough when […]
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Cognitive, Emotional, and Physical Functioning as Predictors of Paid Employment in People with Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Spinal Cord Injury (2019)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Odds of employment were predicted by being married or partnered, having more education, requiring fewer prompts for task sequencing, and having higher inhibitory control. Interestingly, odds of employment were not predicted by specific type of injury. Participants who returned to work within three months were more likely to work with the same employer and to […]
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Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Occupational Performance for People With Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Emotional Impairments After Brain Injury: A Systematic Review (2016)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause a complex array of changes in a person’s psychosocial, behavioral, and emotional states which can also have a significant impact on occupational performance, including employment, academic pursuits, leisure, and social participation. Occupational therapists play a key role in TBI rehabilitation as they are equipped with the training and skills […]
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Combined Bracing, Electrical Stimulation, and Functional Practice for Chronic, Upper-Extremity Spasticity (2010)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Upper extremity spasticity can be painful and compromise performance of activities of daily living (ADLs), and diminish independence. Conventional methods for managing UE spasticity are invasive, such as pharmaceuticals, often require re-administration, and do not necessarily increase UE function. Independently, UE bracing and electrical stimulation have shown promise in reducing UE spasticity. Study design This […]
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Inadequate Fluid Intake in Long Term Care Residents: Prevalence and Determinants (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Previous research suggests that half of the LTC residents may be dehydrated. Dehydration is a form of malnutrition. The treatment of other illnesses can be complicated by dehydration including urinary tract and pulmonary infections, kidney stones, hyperthermia, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, and thrombo-embolic compilation. About 60% of LTC residents are hospitalized for dehydration complications and are […]
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Concussion Practice Patterns Among SLPs (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
If concussion symptoms continue to persist for one to three months, then the diagnosis becomes post-concussion symptoms (PCS). The concussion signs and symptoms may occur within any of these four categories somatic, cognitive, affective, and sleep. SLPs are involved in evaluating and treating cognitive-communication skills that may be affected, including attention, memory, processing speed, problem-solving, […]
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Sleep Supports Memory and Learning: Implications for Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Memory is involved in every task completed throughout the day. Our memory acquisition, maintenance, and information retrieval allow us to be successful with home, school, work, and community responsibilities. If our patients can recall and apply newly learned strategies, they can be generalized outside of the therapy room. Good sleep helps with this memory process […]
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Social Media and People With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Metasynthesis Research Informing a Framework for Rehabilitation Clinical Practice, Policy, and Training (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Social media is a daily method for communicating with family and friends. However, this communication form may become more difficult after a brain injury because of social cognition deficits and limited to no social cues to guide social behavior. In-person communication provides more context to understand humor or sarcasm. Social media does not always allow […]
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Enduring Cognitive and Linguistic Deficits in Individuals With a History of Concussion (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many individuals with a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) report a cognitive “fogginess” and difficulties with completing their daily home, work, and social life responsibilities. Even with these reported difficulties, they are not being captured with traditional language assessments. A majority of what is known about mTBI is based on oral language and […]
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The Link Between Verbal Short-Term Memory and Anomia Treatment Gains (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The study defined STM as the consciences awareness of temporary activation of information processing in the form of tactile, visuospatial, or verbal/linguistic (Cowan 1988). Working memory is a combination of STM with attention (Cowan 1988). STM is domain-specific (tactile, visuospatial, or verbal), but working memory is domain-free, meaning the stimulation type does not matter. An […]
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