In this issue of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest editors Drs. Amy Hao and Blessen C. Eapen bring their considerable expertise to the topic of
Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. With well over 220,000 TBI-related hospitalizations per year, traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major cause of death and disability in the U.S. This issue provides insight on the current state of science, as well as clinical advances in the field of brain injury rehabilitation.
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including disorders of consciousness; management of pain and headache after TBI; neuropsychological evaluation in traumatic brain injury; pharmacotherapy in rehabilitation of post-acute TBI; medicolegal issues in TBI; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Acute Management of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Disorders of Consciousness
Management of Medical Complications during the Rehabilitation of
Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Acute Concussion
Rehabilitation of Persistent Symptoms After Concussion
Sports Related Concussion
Military Traumatic Brain Injury
Management of Pain and Headache After Traumatic Brain Injury
Neuropsychological Evaluation in Traumatic Brain Injury
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Neuropharmacology in Traumatic Brain Injury
Community Reintegration After Traumatic Brain Injury
Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Treating Headaches, Cognitive
Dysfunction, Mental Fatigue, Insomnia, and Mood Disorders Following Traumatic
Brain Injury: A Comprehensive Review
Medical-Legal Issues in Traumatic Brain Injury
Blessen Eapen is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Department at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Eapen is a physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator who has received numerous professional awards and honors and has authored many peer-reviewed publications, chapters and books in the field of rehabilitation medicine
