Sökning: "acquired brain injury"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden acquired brain injury.

  1. 11. Role of pro-inflammatory S100A9 protein in amyloid-neuroinflammatory cascade in Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury

    Författare :Chao Wang; Ludmilla Morozova-Roche; Jonathan Gilthorpe; Øyvind Halskau; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; S100A9; Aβ; Alzheimer s disease; Traumatic brain injury; Amyloid; Neuroinflammatory; medicinsk biokemi; Medical Biochemistry;

    Sammanfattning : Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex disease with a spectrum of symptoms and disabilities. Over the past decade TBI has become the focus of research due to growing epidemiological and clinical evidences that TBI incidences are strong risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). LÄS MER

  3. 12. Nycklar till Kommunikation : Kommunikation mellan vuxna personer med grav förvärvad hjärnskada och personernas närstående, anhöriga och personal

    Författare :Pia Käcker; Jerker Holmbäck; Anders Möller; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Communication; social interaction; communicative impairment; communicative ability; acquired severe brain damage; global aphasia; language impairment; friends and family; caregivers; kommunikation; social interaktion; kommunikationsstörning; kommunikativ kompetens; förvärvad grav hjärnskada; global afasi; språkstörning; anhöriga; personal; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Studien fokuserar kommunikation mellan vuxna personer med grav förvärvad hjärnskada och deras närstående. Syftet är att med utgångspunkt från de närståendes berättelser beskriva hur kommunikationen manifesteras, samt att ge en teoretisk beskrivning av vilka faktorer som understödjer respektive motverkar kommunikationen. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Interplay between blood-brain barrier disruption and neuroinflammation following severe traumatic brain injury

    Författare :Caroline Lindblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : A severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) holds deleterious consequences for the afflicted, its next-of-kin and society. Still today, prognosis is semi-desolate. One explanation for this might be pathophysiological processes ensuing the primary trauma that are but indirectly targeted for treatment. LÄS MER

  5. 14. New technology and everyday functioning at home for persons with cognitive impairments after acquired brain injury

    Författare :Inga-Lill Boman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Acquired brain injury; assistive technology; cognitive rehabilitation; electronic aids to daily living; memory impairments; occupational therapy;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis comprises four studies focusing on developing knowledge about the possibilities that new technology and compensatory training can offer to enable everyday activities for persons with cognitive impairments after acquired brain injury (ABI). In Study I the participants received a home-based cognitive training program in their own home environment. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Återgång i arbete efter förvärvad hjärnskada : livskvalitet, möjligheter och hinder

    Författare :Marie Matérne; Lars-Olov Lundqvist; Thomas Strandberg; Bodil Landstad; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Return to work; acquired brain injury; rehabilitation; quality of life; quality inference; register analysis;

    Sammanfattning : In Sweden, about 35–40 percent of people who acquire a brain injury can return to work. To be able to help people with acquired brain injury to return to work, it is important to know about experiences and factors that facilitate return to work and how they affect quality of life. LÄS MER