Brain Injury Medicine

Nathan D. Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM is an internationally respected physician who specializes in acquired brain injury (ABI) care and neurorehabilitation. He is CEO and Medical Director of the Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, an outpatient neurorehabilitation practice specializing, as well as, Tree of Life, a transitional neurorehabilitation and long term care program for persons with ABI. Dr. Zasler is chief editor of the international scientific publications NeuroRehabilitation, The International Neurotrauma Letter, and Brain Injury. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association. ||Douglas I. Katz, MD is a neurologist specializing in patients with traumatic brain injury. He has been at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital for nearly 20 years where he is Medical Director of Brain Injury Programs. He is presently with Boston University Neurology Associates and Associate Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.|Ross D. Zafonte, DO is Earle P. and Ida S .Charlton Professor and Chair Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, Vice President Medical Affairs for The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Chief Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr Zafonte has been an active clinician and researcher in the area of brain injury as well as principal investigator for the University of Pittsburgh's NIDRR TBI Model System and NIH TBI Clinical Trials Center

Contents: Part I: PERSPECTIVES ON REHABILITATIVE CARE AND RESEARCH: 1. Clinical Continuum of Care and Natural History, Douglas I. Katz, Nathan D. Zasler, and Ross Zafonte; 2. History of TBI Care and Rehabilitation, Graham Teasdale and George Zitnay; 3. Health Policy, Jean Beruge and Lynne Turner-Stokes; 4. International Systems of Care and Research Agendas, Olli Tenuvuo, Ross Bullock, and Ross Zafonte; 5. Education, Training, and Certification for Health Care Providers, Margaret A. Turk, Dominic A. Carone, and Joanne Scandale; 6. Institutional and Programmatic Certification, Chris MacDonell; 7. Conducting Research in Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Concept and Issues, Amy K. Wagner; Part II: EPIDEMIOLOGY, PREVENTION, NEUROPATHOLOGY, AND NEURAL RECOVERY: 8. Epidemiology and Public Health Issues, Victor Coronado, Lisa McGuire, Mark Faul, William Pearson, and David Sugerman; 9. Primary Prevention, Lee M. Kneer and Elie P. Elovic; 10. Biomechanics of Brain Injury, David C. Viano; 11. Pathobiology of Primary Traumatic Brain Injury, Shoji Yokobori and M. Ross Bullokc; 12. Pathobiology of Secondary Brain Injury Patrick M. Kochanek, Robert S.B. Clark, and Larry W. Jenkins; 13. Concepts of CNS Plasticity and Their Implications for Recovery After Brain Damage, Donald G. Stein; 14. Experimental Therapeutic Approaches for Traumatic Brain Injury, Anthony E. Kline, Jeffrey P. Cheng, and C. Edward Dixon; Part III: NEUROIMAGING AND NEURODIAGNOSTIC TESTING: 15. Structural Neuroimaging, Esther Yuh and Alisa Gean; 16. Functional Neuroimaging, Joseph H. Ricker, Patricia M. Arenth, and Amy K. Wagner; 17. Electrophysiologic Techniques, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Shahid Bashir, Marine Vernet, and Hatice Kumru; Part IV: PROGNOSIS AND OUTCOME: 18. Prognosis: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach, Sunil Kothari and Craig DiTommaso; 19. Neuroimaging Correlates of Functional Outcome, Erin D. Bigler and William L. Maxwell; 20. Functional Assessment in TBI Rehabilitation, Marcel P.J.M. Dijkers and Brian D. Greenwald; 21. Life Expectancy and Wellness, Cynthia L. Harrison-Felix, Lenore A. Hawley, Allen W. Brown, and Michael J. DeVivo; Part V: ACUTE CARE: 22. Emergency Care/ Initial Trauma Care, Geoffrey Ling; 23. Critical Care, Samson Sujit Kumar Gaddam and Claudia S. Robertson; 24. The Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, Peter S. Amenta and Jack I. Jallo; 25. Development of Acute Care Guidelines and Effect on Outcome, Ross Bullock, Jose Sanchez-Chavez, and David Kahn; Part VI: REHABILITATIVE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS:26. Acute Rehabilitation, Cindy Ivanhoe, Eric Spier, and Ana Durand; 27. Neurorehabilitation Nursing, Harriet Straus, Melinda Kahn and Mary Goonan; 28. Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly, Jaime Levine and Steven R. Flanagan; 29. Mild TBI, Grant L. Iverson and Nathan D. Zasler; 30. Post Concussive Disorders: Differential Diagnostic Issues and Treatment Implications, Nathan D. Zasler and Grant L. Iverson; 31. Sports-Related Concussion, Michael W. Collins, Grant L. Iverson, Michael Gaetz, William P. Meehan III, and Mark L. Lovell; 32. Assessment and Rehabilitative Management of Individuals with Disorders of Consciousness, Joseph T. Giacino, Kent Garber, Douglas I. Katz, and Nicholas Schiff; 33. Military TBI: Special Considerations, Michael Jaffee and Kimberly Myer; 34. Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Special Considerations, Brad G. Kurowski, Linda Michaud, Lynn Babcock, and Tara Rhine; 35. Pediatric Neurocritical Care: Special Considerations, Chris Giza; 36. Pediatric Neuropsychological Issues and Cognitive Rehabilitation, Bradford Ross and Peter Patrick; 37. Educational Issues and School Re-Entry for Students with TBI, Ann Glang, Janet Tyler, and Bonnie Todis; 38. Family Assessment and Intervention, Caron Gan, Roberta DePompei, and Marilyn Lash; Part VII: NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS: 39. Post-Traumatic Seizures and Epilepsy, Alan Towne, Stuart A. Yablon, and Victor G. Dostrow; 40. Movement Disorders After Traumatic Brain Injury, Joachim K. Krauss and Joseph Jankovic; 41. Cranial Nerve Disorders, Flora M. Hammond and Todd Masel; 42. Fatigue: Assessment and Treatment, Michael Henrie and Elie P. Elovic; 43. Sleep Disturbance, Marie-Christine Ouellet, Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau, and Charles Morin; 44. Diagnosis and Management of Late Intracranial Complications, David F. Long; 45. Evaluating and Treating Visual Dysfunction, William V. Padula and Eric Singman; 46. Audiological Impairment, Daniel H. Coelho and Michael Hoffer; 47. Balance and Dizziness, Neil T. Shepard, Jaynee A. Handelsman, and Richard A. Clendaniel; 48. Smell and Taste, Richard M. Costanzo, Evan R. Reiter, and Joshua C. Yelverton; Part VIII: NEUROMUSCULOSKELTAL PROBLEMS: 49. Complications Associated With Immobility, Kathleen R. Bell and Christian N. Shenouda; 50. Spasticity Assessment and Treatment: the Upper Motoneuron Syndrome, Nathaniel H. Mayer and Alberto Esquenazi; 51. Neuro-Orthopedics, Harish Hosalkar, Nirav K. Pandya, Keith Baldwin, and Mary Ann Keenan; 52. Autonomic Dysfunction, Ian Baguley and Melissa Nott; 53. Neuroendocrine Dysfunction After TBI, Brent E. Masel; Part IX: MEDICAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES: 54. Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Issues, Donald F. Kirby, Linda Creasey, and Keely R. Parisian; 55. Sexuality and Intimacy Following Traumatic Brain Injury, M. Elizabeth Sandel, Richard Delmonico, and Mary Jean Kotch; 56. Post-Traumatic Headache, Lawrence J. Horn, Benjamin Siebert, Neal Patel, and Nathan D. Zasler; 57. Post-traumatic Pain Disorders: Medical Assessment and Management, Nathan D. Zasler, Lawrence J. Horn, Michael F. Martelli and Keith Nicholson; 58. Psychological Approaches to Comprehensive Post-Trauma Pain Assessment and Management, Michael F. Martelli, Keith Nicholson and Nathan D. Zasler; Part X: COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS: 59. Cognitive Impairments, Paul J. Eslinger, Guiseppe Zappala, Freeman Chakara, and Anna M. Barrett; 60. Neuropsychological Assessment and Treatment Plans, Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, Nancy Hsu, Emilie E. Godwin, and Kathryn Wilder Schaaf; 61. Cognitive Rehabilitation, Keith D. Cicerone; 62. Emotional and Behavioral Sequelae; Thomas McAllister; 63. Principles of Behavioral Analysis and Modification, Robert L. Karol; 64. Psychological Issues and Amelioration of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Jennie Ponsford; Part XI: SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND SWALLOWING PROBLEMS: 65. Assessment and Treatment of Speech and Language Disorders in Traumatic Brain Injury, Bruce E. Murdoch, Fiona M. Lewis, and Christina Knuepffer; 66. Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Problems, Jeri A. Logemann; 67. Cognitive-Communication Deficits Following TBI, Carl A. Coelho; Part XII: MOTOR RECOVERY, FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY, AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING: 68. Neuroscientific Basis for Occupational and Physical Therapy, Randolph J. Nudo and Numa Dancause; 69. Therapy for Mobility Impairments and Motor Skill Acquisition, Katherine J. Sullivan and Karen McCulloch; 70. Therapy for Activities of Daily Living: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives, Joan Toglia and Kathleen Golisz; 71. Durable Medical Equipment/Rehabilitation Equipment, Rory Cooper and Michael Lain; Part XIII: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS: 72. Neuropharmacology, Jay Meythaler and Ross Zafonte; 73. Pharmacotherapy of Cognitive Impairment, David B. Arciniegas and Jonathan M. Silver; 74. Pharmacotherapy of Neuropsychiatric Disturbances, David B. Arciniegas and Jonathan M. Silver; 75. Neurotechnology in TBI Neurorehabilitation, Paolo Bonato; 76. Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Jacinta McElligott, Felise S. Zollman, and Sunil Kothari; Part XIV: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL ISSUES: 77. Post-Hospital Rehabilitation, James F. Malec; 78. Driving After TBI, Megan H. W. Preece, Carolyn A. Unsworth, and Morris Odell; 79. Substance Abuse Among Persons with TBI, John D. Corrigan and W. Jerry Mysiw; 80. Practical Approaches to Family Assessment and Intervention, Emilie E. Godwin, Kathie Wilder Schaaf, and Jeffrey S. Kreutzer; 81. Return to Work Following TBI, Michael West, Pam Targett, Satoko Crockatt, and Paul Wehman; 82. Therapeutic Recreation and Leisure Skills, Ann Fenech, and Kelly Klemmer; Part XV: MEDICOLEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES: 83. Medical Ethics Issues in TBI, Joseph Fins and John Banja; 84. A Clinicolegal Primer for Professionals Working with Persons with TBI, Arthur Ameis, Nathan D. Zasler, Michael F. Martelli, and Shane S. Bush; 85. Assessment of Response Bias in Clinical and Forensic Evaluations of Impairment, Michael F. Martelli, Keith Nicholson, and Nathan D. Zasler; 86. Life Care Planning After TBI: Clinical and Forensic Issues, Roger O. Weed and Debra E. Berens