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Special communication| Volume 94, ISSUE 6, P1199-1201, June 2013

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Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Health Condition

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    John D. Corrigan
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    Corresponding author: John D. Corrigan, PhD, The Ohio State University, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wexner Medical Center, 480 Medical Center Dr, Columbus, OH 43210.
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    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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    Flora M. Hammond
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    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
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Published:February 11, 2013DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2013.01.023

      Abstract

      Growing evidence indicates that multiple types of brain injury, including traumatic brain injury, are dynamic conditions that continue to change years after onset. For a subset of individuals who incur these injuries, decline occurs over time and is likely due to progressive neurodegenerative processes, comorbid conditions, aging, behavioral choices, and/or psychosocial factors. Deterioration, whether directly or indirectly associated with the original brain injury, necessitates a clinical approach as a chronic health condition, including identification of risk and protective factors, protocols for early identification, evidence-based preventive and ameliorative treatment, and training in self-management. We propose that the acknowledgment of chronic brain injury will facilitate the research necessary to provide a disease management approach.

      Keywords

      List of abbreviations:

      CBI (chronic brain injury), IOM (Institute of Medicine), TBI (traumatic brain injury)
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