MYTH: A person must be unconscious to suffer a brain injury. FACT: Even a “mild” traumatic brain injury can have devastating, long-lasting and permanent consequences. MYTH: If a neurological exam is normal, everything is fine. FACT: A “gross” neurological exam is not designed to pick up subtle impairments and deficits caused by injury to the…
Continue reading ›Because of its position at the front of the skull (and large size in comparison to other sections of the brain), the frontal lobe is perhaps the most vulnerable part of the human brain. Studies have shown that the frontal lobe is the most commonly damaged region of the brain following mild to moderate traumatic…
Continue reading ›“Head injury” is a broad term relating to a wide array of injuries, including those affecting the scalp, brain, skull, and surrounding nerve and tissue. Head injury, brain injury, and traumatic brain injury may all be used interchangeably, but TBI (traumatic brain injury) is generally used in more severe cases. Whatever words used to describe…
Continue reading ›1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. More than 50,000 people die every year as a result of a traumatic brain injury. 22% of persons with severe traumatic brain injury die. Every 21 seconds, one person in the United States sustains a traumatic brain injury. An estimated 5.3 million Americans – a…
Continue reading ›The link between repeated concussions such as those suffered in football and serious, life threatening brain injury has been further supported by a recent study. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have found that the brains of deceased football players show evidence of serious brain injury. The brains, examined microscopically, show chronic traumatic encephalopathy…
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