HealthcareIT News recently reported that Kinetic Muscles, Inc. (KMI) has received additional funding from the Department of Defense (DOD) to begin Phase II of their study on the benefits of using video game-based therapies for treatment of military veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many in brain injury rehabilitation have used video games to assist with motor skills training, improve balance and coordination, enhance attention and address other aspects of the significant cognitive and motor problems that people experience after TBI.

Read more: http://www.traumaticbraininjury.net/video-game-based-therapy-may-help-treat-tbi/

Children with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and children with mild TBI with an intracranial hemorrhage have a considerable reduction in their quality of life, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Pediatrics.

Read more: http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/24066

Next blog post in the series from Janet Cromer on helping a loved one readjust after brain injury.

Read more: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/professor-cromer-learns-read/201110/how-can-we-learn-if-we-cant-remember

Janet Cromer, RN, LMHC , is a nurse and psychotherapist. Janet’s blog, on the Psychology Today website, offers family caregivers of people who have brain injuries practical stress resilience skills, mind-body health practices, and creative approaches to staying healthy and whole.

Read more: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/professor-cromer-learns-read/201110/after-brain-injury-who-am-i-if-i-am-not-myself-part-2

Janet Cromer, RN, LMHC , is a nurse and psychotherapist. Janet’s blog, on the Psychology Today website, offers family caregivers of people who have brain injuries practical stress resilience skills, mind-body health practices, and creative approaches to staying healthy and whole.

Read more: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/professor-cromer-learns-read/201109/after-brain-injury-who-am-i-if-i-am-no-longer-myself

African-American and Hispanic children are less likely to receive a cranial CT scan in an emergency department (ED) after a minor head trauma than white children, according to an abstract presented Oct. 14 at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in Boston. The results may indicate CT overuse in white children, according to researchers.

Read more: http://www.healthimaging.com/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=29949:minority-children-less-likely-to-undergo-ct-after-minor-head-trauma

BrainLineMilitary provides military-specific information and resources on traumatic brain injury from interviews with medical experts about diagnosis and treatment for TBI and PTSD to personal stories by service members or veterans who have learned from having their own brain injury.

Jane Rosett is an artist at work on a multimedia project, “Adaptivitudes: Navigating My Brain Injury Rehabilitation,” and currently a brain injury patient at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/brain-injury-and-building-a-new-life-afterwards.html?_r=1

The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a campaign to increase awareness about traumatic brain injury and services provided by the VA for veterans and service members recovering from TBI and co-occurring complex injuries.

The campaign debuted with a 25-minute documentary last week highlighting individual stories of recovery for some of the most severely injured and wounded veterans through the VA Polytrauma System of Care at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Va.

The documentary and other videos can be viewed at www.polytrauma.va.gov.

Sixty-six percent of the most seriously wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have “invisible” injuries of brain trauma or post-traumatic stress, which their families and society will deal with at great cost for decades, said Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the Army’s vice chief of staff

Read more: http://www.gazette.com/articles/injuries-126178-treatment-returning.html#ixzz1ZvbHHI7D