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The Importance of Developing a Valid Definition of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Carl Andrew Castro, Brenda K. Wiederhold
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10.3233/978-1-60750-797-0-3
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics
Volume 86: Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Troops
Abstract

A valid definition of a symptom-based injury requires five components – an event, a reaction, unique symptoms, impairment, and a time course. In the case of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion, existing clinical definitions lack one or several of these components, thus hindering proper clinical diagnosis and research into the mechanisms, cause and treatment of mTBI/concussion. Recommendations for addressing this lack of definition validation are discussed.

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