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The purpose of this study was to determine whether type of blast injury effects PTSD/neurobehavioral symptomatology. Nearly 20% of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) are estimated to experience symptoms of PTSD and/or depression, while more than 320,000…

The purpose of the present study was to provide a clinical explanation of how verbal learning occurs or fails to occur in veterans who exhibit symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the combined effects of both disorders. The ar…

The current study examined whether persons with a history of mTBI exhibited greater cognitive decline in response to physiological arousal than healthy controls. It was hypothesized that individuals with a recent history of mTBI would demonstrate poorer cognitive functioning at …

Concussive injuries among youth are a serious public health concern in the United States, with increasing incidence leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to classify these injuries a “silent epidemic.” Though most concussions in youth resolve within a few weeks,…

Purpose: Sport-related concussions have shown to have effects on self-efficacy, oculomotor performance, reaction time and an increased risk of lower extremity injury. Most studies have been conducted to test the effects of acute concussions in athletes and not on long-term effec…