The Basics of Nutrition: A Primary Rehabilitation Intervention.

Nutrition, the process by which a body nourishes itself through the transformation of food into energy and body tissues, is the most important factor in health maintenance, response to injury or illness, short-term and long-term rehabilitation, and longevity. Most rehabilitation providers and the individuals they treat have limited training and knowledge on even the basics of nutrition. An appropriate diet for individuals who are either in a health maintenance or an active program of rehabilitation includes 1500 to 2500 calories per day delivered via a balanced range of foodstuffs, preferably in a whole-food, plant-based manner.

Recruiting for a multicentre DoD and VA longitudinal study: lessons learned.

Primary Objective: The primary objective of the study is to identify and delineate effective recruitment practises in a large, multi-site, longitudinal, observational study employing both military service members and Veterans.

Setting: Four Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium sites.

Design: A descriptive study.

Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) multicentre study interim analysis: Differences between participants with positive versus negative mild TBI histories.

Objectives: Compare characteristics and outcomes of combat-exposed military personnel with positive versus negative mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) histories.

Setting: Recruitment was from registration lists and ambulatory clinics at four veterans administration hospitals.

Participants: Consented veterans and service members completing initial evaluation by September 2016 (n = 492).

The Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) multi-centre observational study: Description of study and characteristics of early participants.

Primary Objectives: To establish and comprehensively evaluate a large cohort of US veterans who served in recent military conflicts in order to better understand possible chronic and late-life effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), including those that may stem from neurodegeneration.

Research Design: Cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal.

Methods And Procedures: Inclusion criteria are prior combat exposure and deployment(s) in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom or one of their follow-on conflicts (collectively OEF/OIF).

Characterizing effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on balance impairments in blast-exposed servicemembers and Veterans using computerized posturography.

The high rate of blast exposures experienced by U.S. servicemembers (SMs) during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has resulted in frequent combat-related mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs).