Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 896-903 , May 2008

Impact of Age on Long-Term Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Carlos D. Marquez de la Plata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
    • Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
    • ,
  • Tessa Hart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Flora M. Hammond, MD

      Affiliations

    • Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
    • ,
  • Alan B. Frol, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
    • ,
  • Anne Hudak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Caryn R. Harper, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Therese M. O'Neil-Pirozzi, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
    • ,
  • John Whyte, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Mary Carlile, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX
    • ,
  • Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9036

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education (grant nos. H133 A020526, R01 HD48179, U01 HD42652).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00072-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.030

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 896-903 , May 2008

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