Newswise — The current issue of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA’s) Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD) features 19 timely scientific articles on traumatic brain injury (TBI), based on work by VA researchers and colleagues from a variety of disciplines. The papers were commissioned for a “state of the art” conference VA held last year to advance research in this area.
This issue also contains joint VA and Department of Defense clinical practice guidelines for mild TBI (mTBI). These guidelines include a screening tool and evaluation protocol for adult patients in any VA/DoD clinical setting at risk of a concussion/mTBI diagnosis.
The intent of these guidelines is to reduce current practice variation and to provide facilities with a structured framework to help improve patient outcomes. These guidelines are available as part of the journal or individually.
Henry Lew, MD, PhD, Chief of the PM&R Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, and chair of the TBI SOTA planning committee, served as guest editor for this special issue.
To view or download this issue, please visit http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/09/46/6/contents.html. To request a copy of this issue or a journal subscription, please send an e-mail request to [email protected]. Print copies are limited. If placing a request, please specify print journal, print clinical guidelines only, or mini CD containing the journal and clinical guidelines. JRRD is an open-access, international peer-reviewed rehabilitation journal published in English, with 10 regular issues published per year. The journal has been a leading research journal in the field of rehabilitation medicine and technology for 45 years. JRRD publishes original research articles, clinical studies, topical reviews, and editorials from U.S. and international researchers covering 31 rehabilitation disciplines. JRRD publishes both multi- and single-topic issues.
The journal is an official publication of VA’s Rehabilitation Research and Development Service. JRRD is available at no charge by request. International users, however, are encouraged to access the journal online at http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/jourindx.html. To view other TBI related research published in JRRD, please visit http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/cluster/brain.html. For more information about the journal, please visit http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/policy09.pdf
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