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Ankrett S, Smithson J, Limond J, Behn N, Wade SL, Wilkinson L, Adlam ALR. Understanding and supporting peer relationships in adolescents with acquired brain injury: A stakeholder engagement study. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2022:1-30. [PMID: 35443860 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2022.2062006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Peer relationship difficulties in adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI) are under-recognized and targets for intervention are unclear. From a social constructionist position, this study aimed to engage with stakeholders to develop a collaborative understanding of peer relationship difficulties in adolescents with ABI and seek consultation on what might be required to improve them. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with four stakeholder groups: adolescents with ABI (n = 4); parents of adolescents with ABI (n = 7); adults who sustained an ABI in adolescence (n = 2); and specialist practitioners (n = 3). Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. The analysis yielded 11 themes, grouped into two domains. The first, understanding peer relationship difficulties, included themes from "exclusion and a need to belong", to "loss of past self". The second, supporting peer relationships, comprised themes of "building understanding" and "meaningful social connection", amongst others. A logic model of stakeholder experiences of peer relationship difficulties was constructed. Difficulties with peers can increase vulnerability to feelings of loneliness, shame, and hopelessness for adolescents post-ABI. Stakeholders described that a meaningful intervention would be multi-layered, targeting change within the adolescent's environment and within the adolescent themselves. The presented logic model provides a framework for future intervention development.
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- Scott Ankrett
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Division of Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Zamani A, Ryan NP, Wright DK, Caeyenberghs K, Semple BD. The Impact of Traumatic Injury to the Immature Human Brain: A Scoping Review with Insights from Advanced Structural Neuroimaging. J Neurotrauma 2021; 37:724-738. [PMID: 32037951 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during critical periods of early-life brain development can affect the normal formation of brain networks responsible for a range of complex social behaviors. Because of the protracted nature of brain and behavioral development, deficits in cognitive and socioaffective behaviors may not become evident until late adolescence and early adulthood, when such skills are expected to reach maturity. In addition, multiple pre- and post-injury factors can interact with the effects of early brain insult to influence long-term outcomes. In recent years, with advancements in magnetic-resonance-based neuroimaging techniques and analysis, studies of the pediatric population have revealed a link between neurobehavioral deficits, such as social dysfunction, with white matter damage. In this review, in which we focus on contributions from Australian researchers to the field, we have highlighted pioneering longitudinal studies in pediatric TBI, in relation to social deficits specifically. We also discuss the use of advanced neuroimaging and novel behavioral assays in animal models of TBI in the immature brain. Together, this research aims to understand the relationship between injury consequences and ongoing brain development after pediatric TBI, which promises to improve prediction of the behavioral deficits that emerge in the years subsequent to early-life injury.
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- Akram Zamani
- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Brain & Mind Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Evaluating the feasibility and efficacy of the Amsterdam memory and attention training for children (Amat-c) following acquired brain injury (ABI): protocol for a pilot study with online clinician support. BRAIN IMPAIR 2021. [DOI: 10.1017/brimp.2021.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Background:
Attention and memory deficits are common following paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI). However, there are few evidence-based interventions to improve these domains and benefit the everyday life of children post-injury. The Amsterdam Memory and Attention Training for children (Amat-c) has been translated from Dutch to English and shown to improve attention and memory skills in children following ABI. This protocol describes a study to expand accessibility of the program by using online, clinician-supported delivery with children post-ABI.
Method/design:
The study is a randomized controlled trial. Participants will be 40 children aged 8–16 a minimum of one-year post-ABI. Participants in the treatment group will complete 18 weekly sessions of the Amat-c program with weekly online clinician support. Participants in the active-control group will be administered ABI psychoeducation via a booklet for parents, with weekly online clinician contact. Attention and memory will be assessed at three time points up to six months post-intervention.
Results:
Analysis will be repeated measures multivariate planned comparisons; using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (IBM SPSS Statistics) General Linear Model procedure will compare pre- and post-intervention and six-month follow-up outcomes.
Discussion:
If shown efficacious in improving attention and memory, our team will then take a key role in implementing Amat-c into clinical care.
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Ferrazzano P, Yeske B, Mumford J, Kirk G, Bigler ED, Bowen K, O'Brien N, Rosario B, Beers SR, Rathouz P, Bell MJ, Alexander AL. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetric Measures of Functional Outcome after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:1799-1808. [PMID: 33487126 PMCID: PMC8219192 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Adolescent traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern, resulting in >35,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year. Although neuroimaging is a primary diagnostic tool in the clinical assessment of TBI, our understanding of how specific neuroimaging findings relate to outcome remains limited. Our study aims to identify imaging biomarkers of long-term neurocognitive outcome after severe adolescent TBI. Twenty-four adolescents with severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8) enrolled in the ADAPT (Approaches and Decisions after Pediatric TBI) study were recruited for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning 1-2 years post-injury at 13 participating sites. Subjects underwent outcome assessments ∼1-year post-injury, including the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (IQ) and the Pediatric Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE-Peds). A typically developing control cohort of 38 age-matched adolescents also underwent scanning and neurocognitive assessment. Brain-image segmentation was performed on T1-weighted images using Freesurfer. Brain and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid volumes were used to compute a ventricle-to-brain ratio (VBR) for each subject, and the corpus callosum cross-sectional area was determined in the midline for each subject. The TBI group demonstrated higher VBR and lower corpus callosum area compared to the control cohort. After adjusting for age and sex, VBR was significantly related with GOSE-Peds score in the TBI group (n = 24, p = 0.01, cumulative odds ratio = 2.18). After adjusting for age, sex, intracranial volume, and brain volume, corpus callosum cross-sectional area correlated significantly with IQ score in the TBI group (partial cor = 0.68, n = 18, p = 0.007) and with PSI (partial cor = 0.33, p = 0.02). No association was found between VBR and IQ or between corpus callosum and GOSE-Peds. After severe adolescent TBI, quantitative MRI measures of VBR and corpus callosum cross-sectional area are associated with global functional outcome and neurocognitive outcomes, respectively.
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- Peter Ferrazzano
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Population Health, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Waisman Center Brain Imaging Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Chai WJ, Abd Hamid AI, Abdullah JM. Working Memory From the Psychological and Neurosciences Perspectives: A Review. Front Psychol 2018; 9:401. [PMID: 29636715 PMCID: PMC5881171 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Since the concept of working memory was introduced over 50 years ago, different schools of thought have offered different definitions for working memory based on the various cognitive domains that it encompasses. The general consensus regarding working memory supports the idea that working memory is extensively involved in goal-directed behaviors in which information must be retained and manipulated to ensure successful task execution. Before the emergence of other competing models, the concept of working memory was described by the multicomponent working memory model proposed by Baddeley and Hitch. In the present article, the authors provide an overview of several working memory-relevant studies in order to harmonize the findings of working memory from the neurosciences and psychological standpoints, especially after citing evidence from past studies of healthy, aging, diseased, and/or lesioned brains. In particular, the theoretical framework behind working memory, in which the related domains that are considered to play a part in different frameworks (such as memory’s capacity limit and temporary storage) are presented and discussed. From the neuroscience perspective, it has been established that working memory activates the fronto-parietal brain regions, including the prefrontal, cingulate, and parietal cortices. Recent studies have subsequently implicated the roles of subcortical regions (such as the midbrain and cerebellum) in working memory. Aging also appears to have modulatory effects on working memory; age interactions with emotion, caffeine and hormones appear to affect working memory performances at the neurobiological level. Moreover, working memory deficits are apparent in older individuals, who are susceptible to cognitive deterioration. Another younger population with working memory impairment consists of those with mental, developmental, and/or neurological disorders such as major depressive disorder and others. A less coherent and organized neural pattern has been consistently reported in these disadvantaged groups. Working memory of patients with traumatic brain injury was similarly affected and shown to have unusual neural activity (hyper- or hypoactivation) as a general observation. Decoding the underlying neural mechanisms of working memory helps support the current theoretical understandings concerning working memory, and at the same time provides insights into rehabilitation programs that target working memory impairments from neurophysiological or psychological aspects.
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- Wen Jia Chai
- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.,Center for Neuroscience Services and Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.,Center for Neuroscience Services and Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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"Trying to Get a Grip": Language Competence and Self-Reported Satisfaction With Social Relationships Three Decades Post-Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2018; 31:E30-40. [PMID: 26360001 DOI: 10.1097/htr.0000000000000182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE (1) To investigate outcomes in language competence and self-reported satisfaction with social relationships in long-term survivors of childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI); and (2) to establish whether language competence contributes to self-reported satisfaction with social relationships decades after sustaining childhood TBI. PARTICIPANTS Twelve females and 8 males aged 30 to 55 (mean = 39.80, standard deviation = 7.54) years who sustained a TBI during childhood and were on average 31 years postinjury (standard deviation = 9.69). An additional 20 participants matched for age, sex, handedness, years of education, and socioeconomic status constituted a control group. MAIN MEASURES Test of Language Competence-Expanded Edition and the Quality of Life in Brain Injury questionnaire. RESULTS Individuals with a history of childhood TBI performed significantly poorer than their non-injured peers on 2 (Ambiguous Sentences and Oral Expression: Recreating Sentences) out of the 4 Test of Language Competence-Expanded Edition subtests used and on the Quality of Life in Brain Injury subscale assessing satisfaction with social relationships. In the TBI group, scores obtained on the Ambiguous Sentences subtest were found to be a significant predictor of satisfaction with social relationships, explaining 25% of the variance observed. CONCLUSIONS The implication of high-level language skills to self-reported satisfaction with social relationships many decades post-childhood TBI suggests that ongoing monitoring of emerging language skills and support throughout the school years and into adulthood may be warranted if adult survivors of childhood TBI are to experience satisfying social relationships.
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Gorman S, Barnes MA, Swank PR, Ewing-Cobbs L. Recovery of Working Memory Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Analysis. Dev Neuropsychol 2017; 42:127-145. [PMID: 28497984 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2017.1315581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In a prospective longitudinal study, the trajectory of verbal and visual-spatial working memory (WM) development was examined 2-, 6-, 12-, and 24-months following complicated-mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI; n = 55) relative to an orthopedic injury comparison group (n = 47). Individual growth curve modeling revealed an interaction of age, severity, and time for verbal, but not visual-spatial WM. The youngest children with severe TBI had the lowest scores and slowest verbal WM growth. WM outcome is best understood in light of age at injury and TBI severity. Findings support the early vulnerability hypothesis and highlight the need for long-term follow-up.
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- Stephanie Gorman
- a Department of Psychology , University of Houston , Houston , Texas
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- b Department of Special Education , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas
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- c Children's Learning Institute, Department of Pediatrics , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Houston , Texas
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- c Children's Learning Institute, Department of Pediatrics , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Houston , Texas
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U.S. Trends of ED Visits for Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injuries: Implications for Clinical Trials. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2017; 14:ijerph14040414. [PMID: 28406438 PMCID: PMC5409615 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14040414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Our goal in this paper was to use the 2006-2013 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) database to describe trends of annual patient number, patient demographics and hospital characteristics of pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBI) treated in U.S. emergency departments (EDs); and to use the same database to estimate the available sample sizes for various clinical trials of pediatric TBI cases. National estimates of patient demographics and hospital characteristics were calculated for pediatric TBI. Simulation analyses assessed the potential number of pediatric TBI cases from randomly selected hospitals for inclusion in future clinical trials under different scenarios. Between 2006 and 2013, the NEDS database estimated that of the 215,204,932 children who visited the ED, 6,089,930 (2.83%) had a TBI diagnosis. During the study period in the US EDs, pediatric TBI patients increased by 34.1%. Simulation analyses suggest that hospital EDs with annual TBI ED visits >1000, Levels I and II Trauma Centers, pediatric hospitals, and teaching hospitals will likely provide ample cases for pediatric TBI studies. However, recruiting severe pediatric TBI cases for clinical trials from a limited number of hospital EDs will be challenging due to small sample sizes. Pediatric TBI-related ED visits in the U.S. increased by over 30% from 2006 to 2013. Including unspecified head injury cases with ICD-9-CM code 959.01 would significantly change the national estimates and demographic patterns of pediatric TBI cases. Future clinical trials of children with TBI should conduct a careful feasibility assessment to estimate their sample size and study power in selected study sites.
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Sepeta LN, Casaletto KB, Terwilliger V, Facella-Ervolini J, Sady M, Mayo J, Gaillard WD, Berl MM. The role of executive functioning in memory performance in pediatric focal epilepsy. Epilepsia 2017; 58:300-310. [PMID: 28111742 DOI: 10.1111/epi.13637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Learning and memory are essential for academic success and everyday functioning, but the pattern of memory skills and its relationship to executive functioning in children with focal epilepsy is not fully delineated. We address a gap in the literature by examining the relationship between memory and executive functioning in a pediatric focal epilepsy population. METHODS Seventy children with focal epilepsy and 70 typically developing children matched on age, intellectual functioning, and gender underwent neuropsychological assessment, including measures of intelligence (Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence [WASI]/Differential Ability Scales [DAS]), as well as visual Children's Memory Scale (CMS Dot Locations) and verbal episodic memory (Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning [WRAML] Story Memory and California Verbal Learning Test for Children [CVLT-C]). Executive functioning was measured directly (WISC-IV Digit Span Backward; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Edition (CELF-IV) Recalling Sentences) and by parent report (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function [BRIEF]). RESULTS Children with focal epilepsy had lower delayed free-recall scores than controls across visual and verbal memory tasks (p = 0.02; partial η2 = 0.12). In contrast, recognition memory performance was similar for patients and controls (p = 0.36; partial η2 = 0.03). Children with focal epilepsy demonstrated difficulties in working memory (p = 0.02; partial η2 = 0.08) and planning/organization (p = 0.02) compared to controls. Working memory predicted 9-19% of the variance in delayed free recall for verbal and visual memory; organization predicted 9-10% of the variance in verbal memory. Patients with both left and right focal epilepsy demonstrated more difficulty on verbal versus visual tasks (p = 0.002). Memory performance did not differ by location of seizure foci (temporal vs. extratemporal, frontal vs. extrafrontal). SIGNIFICANCE Children with focal epilepsy demonstrated memory ability within age-level expectations, but delayed free recall was inefficient compared to typically developing controls. Memory difficulties were not related to general cognitive impairment or seizure localization. Executive functioning accounted for significant variance in memory performance, suggesting that poor executive control negatively influences memory retrieval.
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- Leigh N Sepeta
- Department of Neurosciences, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.,NINDS Clinical Epilepsy Section, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Neurosciences, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A
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- Department of Neurosciences, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A
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- Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A
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- Department of Neurosciences, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.,NINDS Clinical Epilepsy Section, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Department of Neurosciences, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.,NINDS Clinical Epilepsy Section, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
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Gorman S, Barnes MA, Swank PR, Prasad M, Cox CS, Ewing-Cobbs L. Does processing speed mediate the effect of pediatric traumatic brain injury on working memory? Neuropsychology 2016; 30:263-73. [PMID: 26214659 PMCID: PMC4729671 DOI: 10.1037/neu0000214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Processing speed (PS) and working memory (WM), core abilities that support learning, are vulnerable to disruption following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Developmental increases in WM are related to age-related changes in PS. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether WM deficits in children with TBI are mediated by PS. METHOD The performance of children with complicated mild, moderate, and severe TBI (n = 77) was examined relative to an orthopedic injury (n = 30) and a healthy comparison group (n = 40) an average of 4 years after injury (range 8 months to 12 years). Coding was utilized as a measure of PS, while the WM measures included complex verbal and visual-spatial span tasks with parallel processing requirements. Mediation analysis examined whether TBI might have an indirect effect on WM through PS. RESULTS Children in the TBI group performed more poorly than the combined comparison groups on coding and visual-spatial WM. Verbal WM scores were lower in TBI and the healthy comparison relative to the orthopedic group. TBI severity group differences were found on coding, but not WM measures. The relation between coding and both the WM tasks was similar. Bootstrap regression analyses suggested that PS, as measured by coding, might partially mediate the effect of group performance on WM. CONCLUSIONS TBI disrupts core PS and WM abilities that scaffold more complex abilities. Importantly, slowed PS was associated with WM deficits commonly identified following pediatric TBI. Implications of our findings regarding the relation between PS and WM may suggest interventions for children and adolescents following TBI.
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- Stephanie Gorman
- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Phillips NL, Parry L, Mandalis A, Lah S. [Formula: see text]Working memory outcomes following traumatic brain injury in children: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Child Neuropsychol 2015; 23:26-66. [PMID: 26397711 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2015.1085500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The aim of this review is to systematically examine the literature concerning multicomponent working memory (WM)-comprising a central executive (CE), two storage components (phonological loop, PL and visuo-spatial sketchpad, VSSP), and episodic buffer (EB)-in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Electronic searches were conducted of MEDLINE, PsychINFO and EMBASE up to October 2014 with the inclusion criteria of children and adolescents with TBI, and quantitative methods to assess at least one component of WM. Meta-analytic procedures calculated pooled effect sizes for WM outcomes. Of the studies examined, 27 met the inclusion criteria. Children with TBI exhibited deficits in the CE and PL, but not in the VSSP, and no study could be found which examined the EB. Qualitative analysis found that greater TBI severity was associated with poorer CE functioning in five out of nine studies. Differences in patterns of brain activation were evident in four out of five fMRI studies that examined WM in TBI children and controls. Deficits in CE were associated with poorer mathematical skills in the only study that examined relations between WM and academic deficits. Notwithstanding the heterogeneity of the studies reviewed, TBI places children at risk of WM deficits. Moreover, this meta-analysis suggests that various components of WM have differential vulnerability to pediatric TBI, with significant deficits found in the CE and PL, but not in the VSSP (although the VSSP has rarely been examined to date). Future studies should be theoretically driven, employ tasks assessing all components of the WM model and examine the functional ramifications (including academic outcomes) of WM deficits in this population.
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- Natalie Lynette Phillips
- a School of Psychology , The University of Sydney , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia.,b ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
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- c Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program , Sydney Children's Hospital , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia.,d Department of Psychology , Sydney Children's Hospital , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
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- d Department of Psychology , Sydney Children's Hospital , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
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- a School of Psychology , The University of Sydney , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia.,b ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
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Chiou KS, Sandry J, Chiaravalloti ND. Cognitive contributions to differences in learning after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2015; 37:1074-85. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1078293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Geurten M, Chevignard M, Kerrouche B, Tiberghien A, Meulemans T. Metamemory following childhood brain injury: A consequence of executive impairment. Child Neuropsychol 2015; 23:67-82. [DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2015.1077945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Catroppa C, Stone K, Hearps SJC, Soo C, Anderson V, Rosema S. Evaluation of an attention and memory intervention post-childhood acquired brain injury: Preliminary efficacy, immediate and 6 months post-intervention. Brain Inj 2015; 29:1317-24. [PMID: 26186037 DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2015.1043345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Impairments in attention and memory are common sequelae following paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI). While it has been established that such impairments are long-term and, therefore, affect quality-of-life, there is a scarcity of evidence-based interventions to treat these difficulties. The current study aimed to pilot the efficacy of the Amsterdam Memory and Attention Training for Children (Amat-c: English version) using both neuropsychological and ecologically sensitive measures. It was expected that children with attention and memory difficulties post-ABI would show improved performance post-intervention on cognitive and ecological measures, with maintenance at 6 months post-intervention. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Ten children with an ABI, between the ages of 8-13 years at the time of recruitment were identified through audits of presentations to a metropolitan paediatric hospital. Each child underwent screening, the 18 week intervention programme, pre-intervention, immediate and 6 month post-intervention assessments. OUTCOMES/RESULTS Findings supported the hypothesis that children would show post-intervention (immediate and 6 month) improvement in areas of attention and memory, with generalization to everyday life. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS Preliminary results provide support for the efficacy of the Amat-c post-childhood ABI. A larger study is needed to confirm these findings, as a reduction in attention and memory difficulties will enhance everyday functioning.
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- Cathy Catroppa
- a Murdoch Children's Research Institute .,b Royal Children's Hospital , and.,c University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria , Australia
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- a Murdoch Children's Research Institute .,c University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria , Australia
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- a Murdoch Children's Research Institute .,b Royal Children's Hospital , and.,c University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria , Australia
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Hedges R, Drysdale K, Levick WR. The Children's Memory Questionnaire-Revised. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD 2015; 4:285-96. [PMID: 25551274 DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2014.925806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The aim of the current study was to conduct a factor analysis of the Children's Memory Questionnaire-Revised (CMQ-R) and evaluate it as a reliable and effective measurement of memory functioning in children. The CMQ-R is a 36-item questionnaire designed to assess parents' perceptions of their children's memory. Three hundred and seventy-one children aged 5 to 12 years old participated in this study. Three hundred and forty-two children were recruited from schools and 29 were recruited from Kaleidoscope outpatient medical and allied health clinics. Parents of all 371 children completed the CMQ-R, and the parents of 6-, 8-, 10-, and 12-year-olds in the school group completed a 2nd CMQ-R approximately 1 month later. In the school group, children at these ages also participated in a formal assessment of memory. In the clinical group, all 29 children were tested. The results indicated that correlations between the CMQ-R and formal memory testing were low; however, these results improved slightly when age groups were separated with the highest correlation occurring for the 12-year-olds. The school and clinical groups were compared on measures of the CMQ-R, and results indicated that there was a significant difference in the CMQ-R total between the school and clinical groups. A factor analysis of the CMQ-R revealed three factors with moderate to strong loadings, and these reflected, although were not limited to, episodic memory, visual memory, and working memory/attention. The possibility is discussed that the CMQ-R was assessing different aspects of memory than formal testing and that these are likely to be everyday memory abilities.
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- Rebekah Hedges
- a Psychology , University of Newcastle, Callaghan , Newcastle , New South Wales , Australia
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- a Psychology , University of Newcastle, Callaghan , Newcastle , New South Wales , Australia
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- a Psychology , University of Newcastle, Callaghan , Newcastle , New South Wales , Australia
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Schober ME, Requena DF, Block B, Davis LJ, Rodesch C, Casper TC, Juul SE, Kesner RP, Lane RH. Erythropoietin improved cognitive function and decreased hippocampal caspase activity in rat pups after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2014; 31:358-69. [PMID: 23972011 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of acquired neurologic disability in children. Erythropoietin (EPO), an anti-apoptotic cytokine, improved cognitive outcome in adult rats after TBI. To our knowledge, EPO has not been studied in a developmental TBI model. HYPOTHESIS We hypothesized that EPO would improve cognitive outcome and increase neuron fraction in the hippocampus in 17-day-old (P17) rat pups after controlled cortical impact (CCI). METHODS EPO or vehicle was given at 1, 24, and 48 h after CCI and at post injury day (PID) 7. Cognitive outcome at PID14 was assessed using Novel Object Recognition (NOR). Hippocampal EPO levels, caspase activity, and mRNA levels of the apoptosis factors Bcl2, Bax, Bcl-xL, and Bad were measured during the first 14 days after injury. Neuron fraction and caspase activation in CA1, CA3, and DG were studied at PID2. RESULTS EPO normalized recognition memory after CCI. EPO blunted the increased hippocampal caspase activity induced by CCI at PID1, but not at PID2. EPO increased neuron fraction in CA3 at PID2. Brain levels of exogenous EPO appeared low relative to endogenous. Timing of EPO administration was associated with temporal changes in hippocampal mRNA levels of EPO and pro-apoptotic factors. Conclusion/Speculation: EPO improved recognition memory, increased regional hippocampal neuron fraction, and decreased caspase activity in P17 rats after CCI. We speculate that EPO improved cognitive outcome in rat pups after CCI as a result of improved neuronal survival via inhibition of caspase-dependent apoptosis early after injury.
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- Michelle E Schober
- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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Catroppa C, Stone K, Rosema S, Soo C, Anderson V. Preliminary efficacy of an attention and memory intervention post-childhood brain injury. Brain Inj 2014; 28:252-60. [DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.860471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Spencer-Smith M, Ritter BC, Mürner-Lavanchy I, El-Koussy M, Steinlin M, Everts R. Age, sex, and performance influence the visuospatial working memory network in childhood. Dev Neuropsychol 2013; 38:236-55. [PMID: 23682664 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2013.784321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study describes the influence of age, sex, and working memory (WM) performance on the visuospatial WM network. Thirty-nine healthy children (7-12 years) completed a dot location functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) task. Percent signal change measured the intensity and laterality indices measured the asymmetry of activation in frontal and parietal brain regions. Old children showed greater intensity of activation in parietal regions than young children but no differences in lateralization were observed. Intensity of activation was similar across sex and WM performance groups. Girls and high WM performers showed more right-sided lateralization of parietal regions than boys and low WM performers.
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- Megan Spencer-Smith
- Division of Neuropaediatrics, Development and Rehabilitation, Children's University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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Liégeois FJ, Mahony K, Connelly A, Pigdon L, Tournier JD, Morgan AT. Pediatric traumatic brain injury: language outcomes and their relationship to the arcuate fasciculus. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2013; 127:388-98. [PMID: 23756046 PMCID: PMC3988975 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) may result in long-lasting language impairments alongside dysarthria, a motor-speech disorder. Whether this co-morbidity is due to the functional links between speech and language networks, or to widespread damage affecting both motor and language tracts, remains unknown. Here we investigated language function and diffusion metrics (using diffusion-weighted tractography) within the arcuate fasciculus, the uncinate fasciculus, and the corpus callosum in 32 young people after TBI (approximately half with dysarthria) and age-matched healthy controls (n=17). Only participants with dysarthria showed impairments in language, affecting sentence formulation and semantic association. In the whole TBI group, sentence formulation was best predicted by combined corpus callosum and left arcuate volumes, suggesting this "dual blow" seriously reduces the potential for functional reorganisation. Word comprehension was predicted by fractional anisotropy in the right arcuate. The co-morbidity between dysarthria and language deficits therefore seems to be the consequence of multiple tract damage.
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- Frédérique J Liégeois
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, University College London, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
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Healthcare Utilization in the First Year After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in an Insured Population. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2013; 28:426-32. [DOI: 10.1097/htr.0b013e31825935b8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Childers C, Hux K. Environmental accommodations for a child with traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj 2013; 27:850-61. [DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.775498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Loher S, Fatzer ST, Roebers CM. Executive Functions After Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Short-Term Longitudinal Study. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD 2012; 3:103-14. [DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2012.716752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chevignard MP, Soo C, Galvin J, Catroppa C, Eren S. Ecological assessment of cognitive functions in children with acquired brain injury: a systematic review. Brain Inj 2012; 26:1033-57. [PMID: 22715895 DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.666366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Childhood acquired brain injury (ABI) often leads to impairment in cognitive functioning, resulting in disabilities in both the home and school environment. Assessing the impact of these cognitive deficits in everyday life using traditional neuropsychological tests has been challenging. This study systematically reviewed ecological measures of cognitive abilities available for children with ABI. METHOD Eight databases were searched (until October 2011) for scales: (1) focused on ecological assessment of cognitive functioning; (2) with published data in an ABI population; (3) applicable to children up to 17;11 years of age; and (4) in English. The title and abstract of all papers were reviewed independently by two reviewers. RESULTS Database searches yielded a total of 12 504 references, of which 17 scales met the inclusion criteria for the review, focusing on executive functions (n = 9), memory (n = 3), general cognitive abilities (n = 2), visuo-spatial skills (n = 2) and attention (n = 1). Four tasks used observation of actual performance in a natural environment, five were proxy-reports and six were functional paper and pencil type tasks, performed in an office. CONCLUSION Overall, few measures were found; eight were still experimental tasks which did not provide norms. Executive functions were better represented in ecological assessment, with relatively more standardized scales available.
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- Mathilde P Chevignard
- Rehabilitation Department for Children with Acquired Brain Injury (INR-A), Hôpitaux de Saint Maurice, Saint Maurice, France.
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Donders J, Larsen T. Clinical Utility of the Tower of London—Drexel University, Second Edition (TOLDX) After Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury. Dev Neuropsychol 2012; 37:333-42. [PMID: 22612545 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2011.646448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gorman S, Barnes MA, Swank PR, Prasad M, Ewing-Cobbs L. The effects of pediatric traumatic brain injury on verbal and visual-spatial working memory. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2012; 18:29-38. [PMID: 22014162 PMCID: PMC3707395 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617711001251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) on verbal and visual-spatial working memory (WM). WM tasks examined memory span through recall of the last item of a series of stimuli. Additionally, both verbal and visual-spatial tests had a dual-task condition assessing the effect of increasing demands on the central executive (CE). Inhibitory control processes in verbal WM were examined through intrusion errors. The TBI group (n = 73) performed more poorly on verbal and visual-spatial WM tasks than orthopedic-injured children (n = 30) and non-injured children (n = 40). All groups performed more poorly on the dual-task conditions, reflecting an effect of increasing CE load. This effect was not greater for the TBI group. There were no group differences in intrusion errors on the verbal WM task, suggesting that problems in WM experienced by children with TBI were not primarily due to difficulties in inhibitory control. Finally, injury-related characteristics, namely days to follow commands, accounted for significant variance in WM performance, after controlling for relevant demographic variables. Findings suggest that WM impairments in TBI are general rather than modality-specific and that severity indices measured over time are better predictors of WM performance than those taken at a single time point.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics and Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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Ginstfeldt T, Emanuelson I. An overview of attention deficits after paediatric traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj 2010; 24:1123-34. [DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.506853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Lajiness-O'Neill R, Erdodi L, Bigler ED. Memory and learning in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a review and examination of moderators of outcome. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 17:83-92. [PMID: 20467947 DOI: 10.1080/09084281003708837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This article reviews empirically supported assessment methods to examine impairments in memory and learning following pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Critical factors affecting outcome are explored with an emphasis on an examination of age at injury. The article closes with discussion of current evidence-based interventions for deficits in memory and learning following pediatric TBI.
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- Renee Lajiness-O'Neill
- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 537 F Mark Jefferson, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA.
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Donders J, DenBraber D, Vos L. Construct and criterion validity of the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in children referred for neuropsychological assessment after paediatric traumatic brain injury. J Neuropsychol 2009; 4:197-209. [PMID: 19930791 DOI: 10.1348/174866409x478970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The construct and criterion validities of the parent version of the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) were evaluated in a sample of 100 6- to 16-year-old children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Maximum-likelihood factor analysis identified two latent constructs that largely replicated the factor structure reported for the standardization sample, with the notable exception that the Inhibit scale covaried primarily with the metacognition factor and not with behavioural regulation factor. Only the former factor demonstrated evidence for sensitivity to the severity of TBI. Results on both factors were affected by a premorbid history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or other out-patient psychiatric treatment. It is concluded that the BRIEF has construct and criterion validity in the evaluation of children with TBI but that findings on this instrument can only be interpreted within the context of review of the child's premorbid history.
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- Jacobus Donders
- Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, USA.
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Tavano A, Galbiati S, Recla M, Formica F, Giordano F, Genitori L, Strazzer S. Language and cognition in a bilingual child after traumatic brain injury in infancy: Long-term plasticity and vulnerability. Brain Inj 2009; 23:167-71. [DOI: 10.1080/02699050802657012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shi J, Xiang H, Stallones L, Smith GA, Groner J, Wang Z, Wheeler K. Costs, mortality likelihood and outcomes of hospitalized US children with traumatic brain injuries. Brain Inj 2009; 23:602-11. [PMID: 19557562 PMCID: PMC3819720 DOI: 10.1080/02699050903014907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To examine the hospitalization costs and discharge outcomes of US children with TBI and to evaluate a severity measure, the predictive mortality likelihood level. RESEARCH DESIGN Data from the 2006 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) were used to report the national estimates and characteristics of TBI-associated hospitalizations among US children < or =20 years of age. The percentage of children with TBI caused by motor vehicle crashes (MVC) and falls was calculated according to the predictive mortality likelihood levels (PMLL), death in hospital and discharge into long-term rehabilitation facilities. Associations with the PMLL, discharge outcomes and average hospital charges were examined. RESULTS In 2006, there were an estimated 58 900 TBI-associated hospitalizations among US children, accounting for $2.56 billion in hospital charges. MVCs caused 38.9% and falls caused 21.2% of TBI hospitalizations. The PMLL was strongly associated with TBI type, length of hospital stay, hospital charges and discharge disposition. About 4% of children with fall or MVC related TBIs died in hospital and 9% were discharged into long-term facilities. CONCLUSION The PMLL may provide a useful tool to assess characteristics and treatment outcomes of hospitalized TBI children, but more research is still needed.
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- Junxin Shi
- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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- Center for Injury Research and Policy (J.S., H.X., G.S., K.W.), Trauma Program (J.G.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colorado Injury Control Research Center (L.S.), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; School of Public Health (J.S., Z.W.), Tongji Medical College, Hubei, China
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Conklin HM, Salorio CF, Slomine BS. Working memory performance following paediatric traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj 2009; 22:847-57. [PMID: 18850343 DOI: 10.1080/02699050802403565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE The present study investigated working memory ability in children who sustained moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injuries in relation to pre-injury, injury-related and developmental factors. It was hypothesized that there would be a correlation between performance- and rater-based working memory measures; factors predictive of working memory impairment would include earlier age at injury, more severe injury, longer time since injury and poorer overall cognitive functioning; and working memory performance would be significantly impaired when compared to normative populations. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Working memory was assessed in 62 children using a traditional performance measure (digit span backward) and parent report (Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)). MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS Contrary to prediction, there was no statistical association between performance- and rater-based measures of working memory. Regression analyses revealed injury severity, time-since-injury, overall cognitive ability and attention span were predictive of working memory performance. As a group, working memory was impaired relative to normative samples on both measures. CONCLUSIONS Performance- and rater-based working memory measures, while not significantly correlated, are both sensitive to acquired cognitive dysfunction following paediatric traumatic brain injury. Demographic and clinical factors may be used to predict cognitive outcomes, educate caregivers and design clinical interventions.
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- Heather M Conklin
- Division of Behavioural Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death in the pediatric population. The purpose of this review is to highlight recent contributions in evaluation, management, and predictors of outcome in pediatric traumatic brain injury. RECENT FINDINGS Advances have been made in defining the critical Glasgow Coma Score for predicting poor outcome and in developing the Relative Head Injury Severity Score, which can assess severity of traumatic brain injury from administrative datasets. More information regarding the radiation risks of head computed tomography imaging and guidelines for the appropriate use of imaging have recently been evaluated. Important steps have also been taken to reduce secondary brain injury through the use of hypertonic saline and induced hypothermia. There continues to be long-term neurodevelopmental deficits among survivors and new tools to assess these deficits have been developed and tested. Finally, increased investigation into understanding the impact of minority race and socioeconomic status has on outcome following traumatic brain injury has determined the existence of disturbing disparities. SUMMARY Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of mortality and is a major public health issue in the pediatric population. There have been many recent contributions in the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term morbidity of traumatic brain injury. Ongoing work is needed to improve outcomes of traumatic brain injury equitably for all patients.
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