Publications by authors named "Jacinta Thorne"

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  • This study looked at how symptoms, heart rate, and exercise ability are connected in people who have had a mild brain injury.
  • They tested 32 adults to see how many symptoms they had and how these affected their heart rate and ability to exercise.
  • The results showed that more symptoms were related to not being able to exercise well, and certain symptom types were linked to higher heart rates, with mood issues being a sign of longer-lasting problems.
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Objective(s): To determine the rate of concussion diagnoses per capita recorded in hospital emergency departments in Western Australia (WA) from 2002-2018 for ICD-10-AM concussion diagnoses S06.00-S06.05, and post-concussional syndrome (PCS) (F07.

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The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative (AUS-TBI) aims to co-design a data resource to predict outcomes for people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) across Australia. Fundamental to this resource is the data dictionary, which is an ontology of data items. Here, we report the systematic review and consensus process for inclusion of biological markers in the data dictionary.

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Background: Cardiovascular changes, such as altered heart rate and blood pressure, have been identified in some individuals following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and may be related to disturbances of the autonomic nervous system and cerebral blood flow.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review according to PRISMA-ScR guidelines across six databases (Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsychInfo, SportDiscus and Google Scholar) to explore literature examining both cardiovascular parameters and neuroimaging modalities following mTBI, with the aim of better understanding the pathophysiological basis of cardiovascular autonomic changes associated with mTBI.

Results: Twenty-nine studies were included and two main research approaches emerged from data synthesis.

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Background: Accurate data on the types of healthcare people seek in the early stages following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in Australia is lacking. We sought to investigate the types of healthcare people seek following mTBI, including seeking no care at all; ascertain the demographic, pre- and peri-injury factors, and symptom characteristics associated with the care that people access; and examine whether choice of care is associated with symptomatic recovery and quality of life.

Methods: An online retrospective survey of Australians aged 18 to 65 years who had experienced a self-reported 'concussion' (mTBI) within the previous 18 months.

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Introduction: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a complex injury with heterogeneous physical, cognitive, emotional and functional outcomes. Many who sustain mTBI recover within 2 weeks of injury; however, approximately 10%-20% of individuals experience mTBI symptoms beyond this 'typical' recovery timeframe, known as persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS). Despite increasing interest in PPCS, uncertainty remains regarding its prevalence in community-based populations and the extent to which poor recovery may be identified using early predictive markers.

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