Societal Participation of People With Traumatic Brain Injury Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A NIDILRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.

Objective: To examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on societal participation in people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Cross-sectional retrospective cohort.

Setting: National TBI Model Systems centers, United States.

Perceived care partner burden at 1-year post-injury and associations with emotional awareness, functioning, and empathy after TBI: A TBI model systems study.

Background: People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lack awareness of their own emotions and often have problems with emotion dysregulation, affective disorders, and empathy deficits. These impairments are known to impact psychosocial behaviors and may contribute to the burden experienced by care partners of individuals with TBI.

Objective: To examine the associations of emotional awareness, emotional functioning, and empathy among participants with TBI with care partner burden.

Comparison of veterans affairs and NIDILRR traumatic brain injury model systems participants with disorders of consciousness.

Objective: To characterize demographic, pre-injury, and outcome data within the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) cohorts with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with no command-following ability at time of admission to acute rehabilitation.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) centers.

Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Rehabilitation Health Care: A Veterans Affairs Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Qualitative Study.

Objective: To compare barriers and facilitators to accessing health care services among service members and veterans (SMVs) by traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity groups.

Design: Qualitative descriptive study guided by an access to health care services conceptual framework.

Setting: Five Veterans Affairs (VA) polytrauma rehabilitation centers.

Traumatic Brain Injury in Indiana's Correctional System: Prevalence and Recidivism.

This article identified rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and recidivism among people incarcerated or exiting incarceration in Indiana using data from different sectors of the incarcerated population. This article was a collaboration between the rehabilitation hospital of Indiana and both the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) and the problem-solving courts of Marion County, resulting in two distinct screening samples. Participants in the IDOC sample ( = 2,791) were screened over a period of 2 years and 4 months.

Distal and Proximal Predictors of Rehospitalization Over 10 Years Among Survivors of TBI: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.

Objective: To describe the rates and causes of rehospitalization over a 10-year period following a moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) utilizing the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) diagnostic coding scheme.

Setting: TBI Model Systems centers.

Participants: Individuals 16 years and older with a primary diagnosis of TBI.

Increasing the Amount and Intensity of Stepping Training During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Improves Locomotor and Non-Locomotor Outcomes.

Background: The efficacy of traditional rehabilitation interventions to improve locomotion post-stroke, including providing multiple exercises targeting impairments and activity limitations, is uncertain. Emerging evidence rather suggests attempts to prioritize stepping practice at higher cardiovascular intensities may facilitate greater locomotor outcomes.

Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of high-intensity training (HIT) to usual care during inpatient rehabilitation post-stroke.

Anxiety Trajectories the First 10 Years After a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A TBI Model Systems Study.

Objective: Determine anxiety trajectories and predictors up to 10 years posttraumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Prospective longitudinal, observational study.

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation centers.

Rethinking the tools in the toolbox.

The commentary by Dr. Labruyere on the article by Kuo et al. (J Neuroeng Rehabil.

Predictors of Missed Follow-up Visits in the National Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Cohort Study.

Objective: To identify key variables that could predict risk of loss to follow-up (LTFU) in a nationally funded longitudinal database of persons with traumatic brain injury.

Design: Secondary analysis of a prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Setting: Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS) Centers in the US.

Gains in Daily Stepping Activity in People With Chronic Stroke After High-Intensity Gait Training in Variable Contexts.

Objective: Many physical therapist interventions provided to individuals with chronic stroke can lead to gains in gait speed or endurance (eg, 6-Minute Walk Test [6MWT]), although changes in objective measures of participation are not often observed. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of different walking interventions on daily stepping (steps per day) and the contributions of demographic, training, and clinical measures to these changes.

Methods: In this secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial, steps per day at baseline and changes in steps per day following 1 of 3 locomotor interventions were evaluated in individuals who were ambulatory and >6 months after stroke.

Step Monitor Accuracy During PostStroke Physical Therapy and Simulated Activities.

Introduction/purpose: The amount of stepping activity during rehabilitation post-stroke can predict walking outcomes, although the most accurate methods to evaluate stepping activity are uncertain with conflicting findings on available stepping monitors during walking assessments. Rehabilitation sessions also include non-stepping activities and the ability of activity monitors to differentiate these activities from stepping is unclear. The objective of this study was to examine the accuracy of different activity monitors worn by individuals post-stroke with variable walking speeds during clinical physical therapy (PT) and research interventions focused on walking.

Effect of Missed Items on the Reliability of the Kessler Foundation Neglect Assessment Process.

Objective: To determine the maximum permissible number of missed items on the 10-item Catherine Bergego Scale administered after the Kessler Foundation Neglect Assessment Process (KF-NAP). Secondary objectives were to determine the frequency, characteristics, and most commonly cited reasons reported for missed items.

Design: Retrospective diagnostic accuracy study.

The impact of resource facilitation on recidivism for individuals with traumatic brain injury: A pilot, non-randomized controlled study.

Objective: Research has shown that as many as 60% of adults in the criminal justice system have a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the examination of effective interventions to reduce recidivism has only just begun. The present study explored the extent to which resource facilitation (RF) may decrease recidivism among those individuals with TBI.

Methods: Over a 2-year period, a prospective, non-randomized controlled study was conducted that included 1,504 justice-involved individuals exiting the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC).

Factors Associated With High and Low Life Satisfaction 10 Years After Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To identify correlates of life satisfaction at 10 years after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) using an extreme phenotyping approach.

Design: Effect sizes were calculated in this observational cohort study to estimate relationships of 10-year postinjury extremely high, extremely low, and moderate life satisfaction with (1) pre-injury demographics, injury-related factors, and functional characteristics at inpatient rehabilitation admission and discharge; and (2) postinjury demographics and clinical and functional measures at 10 years postinjury.

Setting: Multicenter longitudinal database study.

Health and cognition among adults with and without Traumatic Brain Injury: A matched case-control study.

Objectives: To evaluate associations between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and presence of health conditions, and to compare associations of health and cognition between TBI cases and controls.

Methods: This matched case-control study used data from the TBI Model Systems National Database (TBI cases) and Midlife in the United States II and Refresher studies (controls).  248 TBI cases were age-, sex-, race-, and education-matched without replacement to three controls.

Diverse experiences and approaches to tele neuropsychology: Commentary and reflections over the past year of COVID-19.

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, neuropsychologists rapidly adopted teleneuropsychology (TeleNP) services to ensure continued clinical care. Prior to COVID-19, TeleNP was not widely used nor was it included in the majority of traditional practice or training models across graduate, internship, and postdoctoral programs. Out of necessity, the pandemic was a catalyst that promoted greater adoption of TeleNP services.

Examination of Social Inferencing Skills in Men and Women After Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To examine sex differences in social inferencing deficits after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to examine the odds of men and women being impaired while controlling for potential confounders.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Two TBI rehabilitation hospitals.

Development and Validation of a Functionally Relevant Comorbid Health Index in Adults Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury.

Several studies have characterized comorbidities among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, there are few validated TBI comorbidity indices. Widely used indices (e.g.