Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2227-2238 , December 2008

Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Rehabilitation Approaches

  • Rodney D. Vanderploeg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
    • Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Rodney D. Vanderploeg, PhD, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences—Psychology (116B), James A. Haley VAMC, 13000 N. Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33612
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  • Karen Schwab, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • William C. Walker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Hunter H. McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
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  • Jamie A. Fraser, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
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  • Barbara J. Sigford, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
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  • Elaine S. Date, MD

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA; and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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  • Steven G. Scott, DO

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service; Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL; and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
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  • Glenn Curtiss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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  • Andres M. Salazar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Oncovir Inc, Washington, DC
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  • Deborah L. Warden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Study Group

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 Supported by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, and a Department of Defense award administered through the Henry Jackson Foundation (grant no. MDA 905-03-2-0003).

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

PII: S0003-9993(08)01485-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.015

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2227-2238 , December 2008

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