Awareness of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and persisting post-concussive syndrome
(PCS) has increased substantially in the past few decades, with a corresponding increase in …

Background: Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are returning from combat having sustained
traumatic brain injury, most commonly mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and experiencing …

Importance Most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are classified as mild (mTBI) based on
admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 13 to 15. The prevalence of persistent …

Objective: To describe the trends of SRR-TBIs treated in US emergency departments (EDs)
from 2001 to 2012 and to identify which sports and recreational activities and demographic …

Objective: There is continuing controversy regarding predictors of poor outcome following
mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This study aimed to prospectively examine the influence …

Objectives The objective of this article is to report the proportion of soldiers in a Brigade
Combat Team (BCT) with at least 1 clinician-confirmed deployment-acquired traumatic brain …

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the “signature injury” in the Afghanistan and Iraq
wars [Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)] …

The previous part of this monograph (see Part III) described the consequences associated
with deployment-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, and …

Context Troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are at high risk for exposure to combat
events resulting in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) or concussion and posttraumatic stress …

Over the past three decades, there has been a significant growth of interest in the study of
traumatic brain injury (TBI). The literature now abounds with studies of its epidemiology …