Posts Tagged ‘Increase’

Brain Stimulation Therapy May Increase Motor Skills of Brain Injured Victims

Copyright (c) 2009 Katie Kelley Scientists have developed a new method of administering a mild electrical current to improve motor skills in a traumatic brain injury victim. The newly discovered method of treatment was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study followed subjects who had suffered from stroke and traumatic [...]

Sports Injuries May Cause Increase in Traumatic Brain Injuries

Professional athletes are paid to win, to entertain, to train and, at times, to endure the brunt of much physical abuse because of their profession. However, several recent studies and news outlets have reported an increasingly disturbing number of athletes, both professional and non-professional, developing traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as related to concussions. These injuries [...]

Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Research and Methods Increase

Each year in America, there are millions of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that severely debilitate citizens from a number of common, everyday activities that often depend on the severity of their injury. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), common TBI disabilities include difficulties with cognition affecting memory and reasoning; [...]