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What Coup and Contrecoup Brain Injuries Are and How They Are Treated
A coup brain injury is one that occurs at the site of an impact to the head, while a contrecoup injury is one that occurs at the side opposite to the site of the impact. A contrecoup injury mostly ...
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A personal story of Brain Injury Awareness Month
In honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month this March, Holly Kostrzewski is sharing her own story of a TBI after a car accident ...
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$2.17 million NIH grant awarded to investigate cranial osteopathic manipulation for brain injury recovery
Virginia Tech's Pamela VandeVord and Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine's Gunnar Brolinson recently received a $2.17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate ...
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Mind mend: Therapy and mental health care bring hope to cognitive recovery for traumatic brain injuries
Greene sustained injuries deep in his brain stem and suffered a coup-contrecoup traumatic brain injury, which is caused when the brain bounces back and forth against the skull. When he emerged ...
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Health Matters With TSET: Recovering after a traumatic brain injury
Millions of Americans are living with a disability because of a traumatic brain injury. TBIs can range from a mild concussion, to a life threatening injury, with different outcomes for everyone.