Motor evoked potential depression following repetitive central motor initiation.

Prior reports have described a transient and focal decline in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-induced motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude following fatiguing motor tasks. However, the neurophysiological causes of this change in MEP amplitude are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine whether post-task depression of MEPs is associated with repetitive central motor initiation.

Behavior management on an acute brain injury unit: evaluating the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary training program.

Objective: To measure the effect of behavior management training on restraint use and prn medication delivery on an acute inpatient brain injury unit.

Setting/participants: Interdisciplinary staff and hospitalized brain injury patients on a 20-bed unit within a freestanding rehabilitation hospital.

Intervention: Staff participated in the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) program from the Crisis Prevention Institute.