Characterizing effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on balance impairments in blast-exposed servicemembers and Veterans using computerized posturography
Joanna R. Wares, PhD, et al.
One-hundred and sixty-six servicemembers and
Veterans with combat exposure in the Gulf wars
were assessed for balance using computerized posturography.
Balance was deficient in unique patterns
for participants having mild traumatic brain injury
(mTBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
when compared with those with neither diagnosis,
and these deficits were amplified for participants diagnosed
with both conditions. Computerized balance
assessment offers an objective technique for examining
the physiologic effects of and provide differentiation
between participants with combat-associated
mTBI and PTSD.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.08.0197
Volume 52 Number 5, 2015
Pages 591 — 604
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows:
Wares JR, Hoke KW, Walker W, Manning Franke L, Cifu DX, Carne W, Ford-Smith C. Characterizing effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on balance impairments in blast-exposed servicemembers and Veterans using computerized posturography. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(5):591–604.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.08.0197
Wares JR, Hoke KW, Walker W, Manning Franke L, Cifu DX, Carne W, Ford-Smith C. Characterizing effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on balance impairments in blast-exposed servicemembers and Veterans using computerized posturography. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(5):591–604.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.08.0197
ResearcherID: Laura Manning Franke, PhD: F-2670-2012
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