Rehabilitation Sciences 3060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Brain Herniation, Dementia, Axotomy
4 Jan 2021
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Provide overview of impairments (many are similar to stroke) Traumatic insult to the brain capable of producing physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and vocational changes. Leading cause of death/disability under the age of 40 (canada) Tbi occurs in 500 of every 100,000 (canada) More likely to find a younger individual able to go home with support compared to an acute setting. Large drop after the age of 65 of percentage of patients able to go home with support after tbi. Mva and falls are top 2 causes of injury for both sci and tbi. To area of brain under site of direct skull impact. Causing hematoma, edema, contusion or laceration (open vs closed injuries open has increased risk of infection) Contrecoup = backlash (suspicion that the brain translated to the back of the skull and received trauma to the back) Widespread shearing & retraction of damaged axons.
