ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2013
Traumatic brain injury and post-acute decline: what role does environmental enrichment play? A scoping review.
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- Efficacy of Multimodal Sensory Therapy in Adult Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Environmental enrichment for stroke and other non-progressive brain injury.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Implementation of active injury management (AIM) in youth with acute concussion: A randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Trial
- Modeling Progressive Brain Volume Losses in Chronic Moderate Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Extensive, but Attenuating.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026Article
- Towards personalized immersive virtual reality neurorehabilitation: a human-centered design.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- At the Frontiers of Neurorehabilitation, Series II: Advancing Neurorehabilitation Through Patient-Centered Undogmatic Innovative Approaches.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Multi-Mechanistic Approaches to the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Sex-dependent effects of postweaning exposure to an enriched environment on visceral pain and anxiety- and depression-like behaviors induced by neonatal maternal separation.Translational pediatrics · 2022Article
- After 55 Years of Neurorehabilitation, What Is the Plan?Brain sciences · 2022Review
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- Hippocampal atrophy is associated with psychotic symptom severity following traumatic brain injury.Brain communications · 2021Article
- Social integration and loneliness among long-term care home residents: protocol for a scoping review.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Enriching Communicative Environments: Leveraging Advances in Neuroplasticity for Improving Outcomes in Neurogenic Communication Disorders.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2019Review
- Discourse recovery after severe traumatic brain injury: exploring the first year.Brain injury · 2019Article
- Neurorehabilitation: applied neuroplasticity.Journal of neurology · 2017Review
- Statements of Agreement From the Targeted Evaluation and Active Management (TEAM) Approaches to Treating Concussion Meeting Held in Pittsburgh, October 15-16, 2015.Neurosurgery · 2016Article
- Editorial: Brain Injury as a Neurodegenerative Disorder.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2015Article
- Negative neuroplasticity in chronic traumatic brain injury and implications for neurorehabilitation.Neuropsychology review · 2014Review
- Scale and pattern of atrophy in the chronic stages of moderate-severe TBI.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2014Article
- Environmental enrichment and the sensory brain: the role of enrichment in remediating brain injury.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectivesWhile a growing number of studies provide evidence of neural and cognitive decline in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors during the post-acute stages of injury, there is limited research as of yet on environmental factors that may influence this decline. The purposes of this paper, therefore, are to (1) examine evidence that environmental enrichment (EE) can influence long-term outcome following TBI, and (2) examine the nature of post-acute environments, whether they vary in degree of EE, and what impact these variations have on outcomes.
methodsWe conducted a scoping review to identify studies on EE in animals and humans, and post-discharge experiences that relate to barriers to recovery.
resultsOne hundred and twenty-three articles that met inclusion criteria demonstrated the benefits of EE on brain and behavior in healthy and brain-injured animals and humans. Nineteen papers on post-discharge experiences revealed that variables such as insurance coverage, financial, and social support, home therapy, and transition from hospital to home, can have an impact on clinical outcomes.
conclusionThere is evidence to suggest that lack of EE, whether from lack of resources or limited ability to engage in such environments, may play a role in post-acute cognitive and neural decline. Maximizing EE in the post-acute stages of TBI may improve long-term outcomes for the individual, their family and society.
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