Impact of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage on the Cardiac Autonomic Function During Rehabilitation in Children After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH) on cardiac autonomic control system (CACS) function in children after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) during the subacute rehabilitation period. Thirty-three participants, 8-18 years of age, 42 (14-149) days after severe TBI at the beginning of the subacute rehabilitation, were included in the study. Six participants were diagnosed with tSAH during acute medical care (tSAH group).

The association between cardiac autonomic system function at the entrance to rehabilitation and walking-endurance two months later among children following-ABI.

Background: The cardiac autonomic control system function is frequently impaired after brain injury. An association exists between the cardiac autonomic control system and endurance performance.

Aim: To evaluate the association between cardiac autonomic control system indices at the beginning of the inpatient rehabilitation and walking endurance two months later among children and adolescents following acquired brain injury.

The Cardiac Autonomic Response Recovery to the Modified Tilt Test in Children Post Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To assess the recovery of the cardiac autonomic control system (CACS) response to the modified tilt-test during rehabilitation, in children post moderate-severe TBI at the subacute phase post-injury.

Method: Thirty-seven children aged 6-18 years, 14-162 days post moderate-severe TBI, participated in the study. The assessment included CACS values evaluation (heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV) and blood pressure) during the modified tilt-test: five minutes lying supine and five minutes passive standing.

Changes in the cardiac autonomic control system during rehabilitation in children after severe traumatic brain injury.

Background: One of the sequalae of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children is impaired function of the cardiac autonomic control system (CACS) at rest. The CACS response to conventional autonomic tests is little known.

Objective: To examine the CACS response to conventional autonomic tests in children after severe TBI during the rehabilitation period and to compare with typically developing (TD) children.

The development and the inter-rater agreement of a treatment protocol for vestibular/oculomotor rehabilitation in children and adolescents post-moderate-severe TBI.

There is limited evidence investigating the effect of vestibular/oculomotor rehabilitation programs in children and adolescents post moderate-severe TBI at the sub-acute stage.:To describe the development of a treatment protocol for vestibular/oculomotor interventions in this population, and to assess the inter-rater agreement of this protocol as an initial step of a clinical trial.:The protocol was developed by 10 health professionals, address the high variability of balance performance, the high prevalence of vestibular/oculomotor abnormalities and the low prevalence of symptoms reported in this population.

The integrated functions of the cardiac autonomic and vestibular/oculomotor systems in adolescents following severe traumatic brain injury and typically developing controls.

The cardiac autonomic control system (CACS) is frequently impaired post-traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the prevalence of vestibular/oculomotor impairment is less studied. These two systems interact during position change and contribute to blood-pressure regulation through the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex.

Reproducibility and smallest real differences of walking and Energy Expenditure Index in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury.

Background: Reliable evaluation is of utmost importance to the therapist and the patient. There is no data about the test-retest reproducibility of 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and Energy Expenditure Index (EEI) for children and adolescents with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in the sub-acute phase.

Objective: To determine test-retest reproducibility and smallest real differences (SRDs) of the 6MWT and EEI in children and adolescents with an ABI during rehabilitation in the sub-acute phase.