Traumatic Brain injury: A comparison of inpatient functional outcomes between children and adults

Christian M. Niedzwecki; Jennifer H. Marwitz; Jessica M. Ketchum; David X. Cifu; Charles M. Dillard; Eugenio A. Monasterio

doi:10.1097/01.HTR.0000327253.61751.29

Traumatic Brain injury: A comparison of inpatient functional outcomes between children and adults

Christian M. Niedzwecki, Jennifer H. Marwitz, Jessica M. Ketchum, David X. Cifu, Charles M. Dillard, Eugenio A. Monasterio

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Objectives: To examine age-related differences in functional outcomes following traumatic brain injury. Participants and procedure: Seventy-six patients admitted to a pediatric acute rehabilitation hospital were compared with 2548 adult patients in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-funded traumatic brain injury model systems national database. Main outcome measures: Functional Independence Measure totals during inpatient rehabilitation. Results: Increasing age was significantly associated with improved outcome in children and with poorer outcome in adults. Conclusion: The relationship between age and functional outcome is different within different age groups (pediatric vs adult), and the effect of moderating variables differs by age group.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	209-219
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.HTR.0000327253.61751.29
State	Published - Jul 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Age
Functional independence medsure
Functional outcomes
Pediatric rehabilitation
Predictive model
Traumatic brain injury

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Clinical Neurology

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