Citation

Bigler ED. Neurology 2014; 82(18): 1641.

Affiliation

From the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Facility, Brigham Young University, Provo, and University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1212/WNL.0000000000000395

PMID

24759843

Abstract

The expectation for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is permanent damage and lasting deficits. However, in a multicenter investigation, Schneider et al.(1) show that by 1 year postinjury, one-fourth of patients with TBI achieve disability-free recovery (DFR), defined as a score of zero on the Disability Rating Scale. Of importance, cognitive reserve (CR) in the form of educational attainment was related to DFR.

Language: en