Publications by authors named "Maddy Myers"
Article Synopsis
- Chronic headaches are a common issue for military Veterans after experiencing traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and their treatment is often complicated and costly.
- A study of 141,125 Veterans post-9/11 revealed that those with specific types of headache combinations, especially post-TBI migraines, faced significantly higher healthcare costs.
- There's a need for further research to understand if the high costs correlate with better treatment results or indicate persistent, harder-to-treat headaches.
Background: While emerging evidence supports a link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and progressive cognitive dysfunction in Veterans, there is insufficient information on the impact of cannabis use disorder (CUD) on long-term cognitive disorders. This study aimed to examine the incidences of cognitive disorders in Veterans with TBI and CUD and to evaluate their relationship.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study used the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense administrative data from the Long-term Impact of Military-Relevant Brain Injury Consortium-Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Phenotype study.
Article Synopsis
- Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often use cannabis for symptoms like pain and sleep issues, which may lead to cannabis use disorder (CUD).
- This study analyzed healthcare costs and usage among post-9/11 veterans with TBI, comparing groups based on dementia diagnosis and CUD status.
- Results showed that healthcare costs rose significantly 5 years post-TBI, particularly for veterans with dementia alone, while CUD was associated with higher costs compared to those without either condition.
Objective: To investigate whether a combination of dry-needling treatments and upper extremity neuromuscular reeducation exercises can significantly improve neck pain and/or headache-related disability, joint position error, cervical range of motion, and pain pressure threshold in individuals suffering from cervicogenic headache (CGH).
Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental design. Seven participants met the inclusion criteria and received dry needling to three muscles that reproduced the participant's headache symptoms and completed the Neck Disability Index (NDI), Headache Disability Inventory (HDI), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS).