Publications by authors named "Latiba D Cummings"

Objective: To determine correspondence between the statistically derived 8-point reliable change index for the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) against clinically significant item-level change in symptom severity from intake to discharge for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Setting: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.

Patients: In total, 655 active-duty service members with a diagnosis of mTBI who received treatment and completed self-report measures between 2007 and 2020.

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Objective: To characterize treatment responders and nonresponders as measured by the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) in order to understand whether certain traits in our patient population would characterize favorable response.

Setting: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.

Patients: In total, 655 active duty military patients with a diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) who received treatment between 2007 and 2020 and completed self-report measures as part of routine care.

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Purpose: To determine if it is possible to successfully treat pseudobulbar affect (PBA) using a behavioral approach.

Design And Methods: Two experiments were conducted, each a double reversal design with the same single subject in both. The first experiment tested the hypothesis that the rate of PBA could be controlled by manipulation of its consequences.

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