Poster List

1. The Impact of a Spouse who has Sustained a Severe Closed Head Injury on Family Functioning and Psychological Well-being of the Partner.
M. Anderson - T. Parmenter - M .Mok

2. Experience with Interdisciplinary Outpatient Program for People with Severe TBI.
Y. Angerova - O. Svestkova - M .Faktorova - J. Pulkertova

3. School Reintegration after a Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Example of a Follow-up over 6 Years.
S. Antonelli - A. Boissel

4. Head Trauma as a Neglected Cause of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus.
D. Audenino - L. Cocito - L. Marinelli - A. Primavera

5. Integrated Rehabilitation Programs in the Post-acute Phase after Traumatic Brain Injury.
R. Avesani - Z. Cordioli - M. G. Gambini - S. Schena

6. Using a Computer-based Multimedia Approach to Educate Family Members about Brain Injury.
G. Ayotte - T . McDonough

7. Quality of life 2 to 6 years after a severe traumatic brain injury.
P. Azouvi - L . Mailhan - J.-L . Truelle - A. Dazord

8. The Hayling and Brixton Tests of Dysexecutive Syndrome: What do they Measure in Everyday Life?
A. Bajo - D. Nathaniel-James

9. Advantages of Using the "Six Elements Tests" in Evaluation of Executive Functions.
B. Barielle - E. Barbeau - M. Ceccaldi

10. Italian Teenagers' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards the Causes and Consequences of Road Traffic Accidents: Impact of an Educational Program.
M. Basaglia - M.R. Magnarella - R Vitali - P. Boldrini

11. Project of the Revival House (Luca De Negris).
A. Battistini - A. Canevaro - F. De Nigris - R. Piperno

12. Derivation of a Decision Rule to Predict Post-concussive Syndrome after Minor Traumatic Brain Injury.
J. Bazarian - S Atabaki

13. Effectiveness of the Combined Intraventricular Transplantation of Embryonal Nervous Tissue under Restoration of Movable Defect on the Model of Parkinsonism.
V.V. Belopasov - V.P. Chekhonin - V.P. Baklausev - Y. E. A. Savchenko

14. Remaining Cognitive Functions or Vegetative State in Severely Brain-injured Patients.
J. Berstad - S. Undseth - R. Kunz - A.-K.Schanke

15. Different Patterns of "Inner Cerebral Trauma" and a New Classification of Brain Injury.
G. Birbamer - F. Gerstenbrand

16. Remission Stages of Apallic Syndrome
G. Birbamer - F. Gerstenbrand

17. Traumatic Brain Injury and "Come Back to Life": a Possible Transitional Living Model.
U. Bivona - F. Bruni - M. E. Villa - R. Formisano

18. A Comprehensive, Standardized, Data-driven Network-based Neurologic Rehabilitation Program.
A. Bostwick - D. Green - P. Domitor

19. Botulinum Toxin Type A (BTX-A) in the Treatment of Upper Limb Spasticity.
R. Brianti - G. Pavesi - L. Cattaneo - G. Vezzosi

20. Combined Use of Faces III and DSSVF for a Better Understanding of Behavioral Dynamics of TBI Subject's Families.
E. Caminiti - M. Amore - S. Sapienza - B. Premoli

21. Dysphagia in TBI Vs. Vascular and Anoxic Brain Injury.
P. Cancialosi - M. L. Gonella - P. Pietrapiana - P. Toldo

22. Assessment of Dramatization Difficulties in a Group of Children with Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes.
F. Cappelli - M. Ventura - M. Pierro

23. Locked-in Syndrome: Improvement in the Prognosis in Subjects Submitted to an Early Intensive Rehabilitation.
E. Casanova - S. Miniello - S. Lotta - A. Mazzucchi

24. MRI Using Turbo PEPSI Sequence: Fast Detection of Diffuse Axonal Damage in Brain Injury.
A. Castriota-Scanderbeg - U. Sabatini - G. Hagberg - R. Formisano

25. A Case of Semantic Memory Loss after Traumatic Brain Injury: Neuropsychological Study and Rehabilitation Approach.
L. Chiavari - E. Farina - E. Imbornone - R. Pignatti

26. Neurorehabilitation of Severe TBI in Western Denmark.
P.B.Christensen - J.Gyring - C.Kock-Jensen - VL Prenter Kleistrup

27. Rehabilitation Program for Children and Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) within the Context of the Quebec Provincial Neurotraumatology Services Continuum
M.Cloutier - J.Beaupré

28. Long-term Outcomes of Mild Head Injury in Early Childhood.
A. Codd - J. Dalrymple-Alford - J. Horwood - D. Fergusson

29. Trends in Head-injured Patients Evolution in Intensive Care Unit.
L.Corral - J.L.Monfort

30. Self-help Groups within a PC-Intranet.
R. Dalin

31. Community-based Rehabilitation Services - Collaboration Leading to Effective Service Delivery.
JA Davis - S. Labonte - A. Bellavance - C. Williams

32. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: a New Global Score, Valid for the Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome in Head-injured Patients.
A. De Tanti - M.G. Inzaghi - M. Laiacona - E. Capitani

33. A Model of Collaboration between Hospitals and Community-based Services.
D. Delorme - S. Bester - C. Hartridge - L.Patti

34. The Consequence of Encephalitis.
E. Dowell - A .Easton - T. Solomon

35. Intensive Care Neurorehabilitation: an Integrated Model for Severely Brain-injured Patients with Autonomic Dysfunctions.
B. Eifert - P. Maurer

36. Epidemiology of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Mississippi.
D. Esposito - A. Badr

37. When Results Exceed Expectancy: Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Approach in a Case of Very Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
E. Farina - L. Chiavari - E .Imbornone - C .Mariani

38. Neuro-ophthalmologic Findings in a Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit.
W. Felton III - M. Baxter - T. Jena - S. Asad

39. Neocortical Very Slow Electrical Activity after the Local Brain Injury: an Experimental Stereotaxic Study in Rodents.
I. Filippov

40. Erroneous Therapeutic Strategies in Orthopaedic Management of Injured Patients with Major Neurological Disorders.
E. Fiorio -F.de Masi - S. Fontolan - P. Pietrapiana

41. Psychosocial Adjustment and Employment Outcome 5 and 10 years after TBI.
A. Franulic - C .G. Carbonell - P. Pinto - I. Sepulveda

42. Efficacy of Attention Training Performed in Severe Traumatic Brain injury (TBI) Subjects.
M. Fujii - Y. Matsuoka - H. Shikimori

43. A Screening Procedure for Identifying Mild Brain Injury Victims who are at Risk of Developing Persistent Symptoms
M. Gadoury - S. Bouillé - C. Bourque - R.Fortin

44. Hospital to Home to School & Beyond - Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program (PABICOP).
J.Gillett - E.Rosen - J.Sommerfreud

45. Supporting Families and Schools of Children and Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury: the Role of the School Liaison
J. Gray

46. Deficit Unawareness in Acquired Brain Injury.
A. Green - D. La Bella

47. Exercise Tolerance, Quadriceps Strength and Fatiguability, and Functional Ability after Recent Brain Injury.
R. Greenwood - A. Bateman - O. Scott

48. Course and Prognosis after Brain Injury: Initial Experiences of a Practical Chart for Description of Patient Independence, to be used in Interdisciplinary Teamwork.
S. Hagstadius - A. Ohlsson

49. Pharmacological Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction after Brain Injury: Effect of an Acetylcholine-esterase Inhibitor
S.Hagstadius - I. Terme

50. Community Re-entry Following Mild, Moderate and Severe Brain Injury amongst 97 School-aged Children.
C. Hawley - A. Ward - A. Magnay - J. Long

51. A Postal Follow-up of Mild and Severe Brain Injury amongst 525 Children in North Staffordshire.
C. Hawley - A. Ward - A. Magnay - J. Long

52. Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in a Portable Chamber for Patients with Cognitive Impairment after Mechanical or Neurotoxic Injury to the Brain.
G.Heuser -O.Aguilera -S. Heuser

53. Return to Competitive Wrestling after Traumatic Brain Injury.
J. Hornyak - M. Vucich

54. Are Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Weigl Test Sensitive to the Same Psychological Abilities?
M .G. Inzaghi - A. De Tanti - E. Capitani - M. Laiacona

55. Early Treatment of Surviving Patients with Penetrant Head Injuries during the War in Croatia.
D. Janculjak - S. Soldo-Butkovic - B. Barac - B. Splavski

56. A Model to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Community-based Services for Adults who have Acquired Brain Injuries.
J. Johnston

57. The Functional Outcome Profile: Comprehensive Tracking of Functional Consequences of Acquired Brain Injury.
M. Joschko - R. Skelton

58. Use of Speed Processing Index (Wais III) in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients.
M. Juncadella Puig - E. Martin - C. Soriano - A. Corral

59. Neuropsychological Study and Quality of Life in Patients with AcoA and Who had Undergone either Clipping or Embolization Treatment.
M. Juncadella Puig - P. Riboldi - R. Borrego - A. De Miquel

60. Feasibility and Reliability of ICIDH-2 Beta -2 in Evaluating the Functioning of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients.
S. Koskinen - Y. Ahlblad - H. Alaranta - J. Kivekas

61. Vesico-urethral Dysfunction in Comatose Patients.
G. Lamberti - M. Colombo - D. Giraudo -M. Cutellé

62. Cognitive Correlates of Attentional Failures in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
C. Latour - A. El Ahmadi - C.Cabanot-Sarrau

63. Management of Problem Behaviours in Persons with Severe Antegrade Amnesia using Implicit Learning Procedures.
C. Lemsky - R. Greenwood - N. Armstrong

64. Approaches to the Management of Confabulation.
S. Lepore - W. Stobaugh - J. Smigielski

65. Community-based Trauma Database as a Tool for Improving Quality of Care after Head Injury.
L. Levi - M. Michaelson - E. Tal Or - M. Feinsod

66. The Use of Names in Evoking Cognitive P300 Responses: Implications for Predicting Outcomes in Patients with Brain Injury.
H. Lew - E. Date - R. Salerno - S. Tang

67. Brain Injury Prevention Programs in the United States.
E. Lock - P. Dempsey

68. The Direct Current Potential and the Forecast of Neurorehabilitation after TBI.
H. V. Lukyanyuk - V. M. Shklovsky

69. Executive Functions and Memory Strategies in a Traumatic Brain-injured Population.
W. Mac Allister - R.Bierley - M.Rosner -E.Date

70. Impact of Comprehensive Day Treatment on Societal Participation for Persons with Acquired Brain Injury.
J. Malec

71. The Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory (MPAI): a Psychometrically-sound Measure of Outcome after Acquired Brain Injury.
J. Malec

72. Initial Use of a Traumatic Brain Injury Database in an Intensive Rehabilitation Ward
P. Mammi - D. Perelli Ercolini - F. Dazzi - M. Franceschini

73. Empowerment Factors of Brain-damaged Survivors in Rehabilitation.
D. Man

74. Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Tuscany.
M. Mancuso - C. Paradiso

75. Consumer-driven Outcome Measures for the Evaluation of an Acquired Brain Injury Community Integration Program.
S. Marshall - K. Milne - F. Pelletier -C. Lloyd

76. The Impact of Intrathecal Baclofen on Gastrointestinal Function in Patients with Brain Injury.
H. Matzak - M. Kofler -L. Saltuari

77. Ethics Committee Involvement in Improving Brain Injury Rehabilitation Outcomes.
A. McCarthy - J. Martin

78. Development and Use of a Multimedial Tool to Support Vocational Rehabilitation in Traumatic Brain-injured Patients.
P. Moretti - G. Vaschetto - F . Priano - M. Mantero

79. Characteristic of Impaired Awareness using the Patient Competency Rating Scale (PCRS).
J. M. Munoz Cespedes - J. I. Quemada - M. Garcia - N. Alvarez -M. Rios

80. Incidence of Axonal Injury in Human Brain Tissue - an Immunohistological Study on 450 Cases.
C. Niess - U. Grauel - H. Bratzke

81. Disorganized Approach in Perception and Long-term vocational Outcome of TBI Patients.
T. Nybo - I. Asikainen - S. Sarna -M. Kaste

82. The Importance of Nature in Coping with a Crisis: Perceptions of Nature During the Rehabilitation after a Brain Injury - an Introspective Study.
J. Ottosson

83. Prophylaxis of Post-traumatic Epilepsy: Is it a Benefit or a Risk? A Clinical Study.
G. Paglia - P. Zaina - F. Monaco - R. Rago

84. Incidence of Seizures after Withdrawal from Prophylactic Antiepileptic Drugs in Patients with Aneurysmal Bleed.
Z. Parrilla - C. Ivanhoe

85. The Effect of Methylphenidate on Selective Attention in TBI Patients.
M. Pavlovskaya - O. Keren - Z. Groswasser

86. The Vanishing Cues Method as a Tool for the Rehabilitation of Verbal Learning Deficits in a Brain-injured Adolescent.
C. Pecini - P. Cipriani - R. Salvadorini - D. Brizzolata

87. 100 Hz Neuromuscular Vibratory Stimulation for the Treatment of Walking Disorders after Brain Injury.
P. Pietrapiana - A. Marchiale - C. Attanasio - S. Savazzi

88. Neuropsychiatric Sequelae in Traumatic Brain Injury: a 5-year Experience.
G. Poggi - M. Liscio - A. Adduci - E. Castelli

89. Botulin Injection in Upper Limb Motor Disorders after TBI: a Quantitative Evaluation of Outcome.
F. Posteraro - E. S. Maini - A. M. Sabatini - M. Coluccini

90. Psychosis after Traumatic Brain Injury.
J.I. Quemada Ubis - G. Gerrikaetxebarria - M. Céspedes

91. The Neurological Test and Outcome of Patients in a Post-traumatic Vegetative State.
M. Quintieri - S. Serra - A. Pileggi - G. Dolce

92. "Zarja" Projects for Quality of Life after Brain Injury in Slovenia.
I. Rebersak - T. Strokovni

93. An Investigation of the Problems Faced by Spousal Carers of Brain-injured Individuals.
M. Rogers

94. Psychosocial Changes after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Perception of Patient and Family Assessed by Katz Adjustment Scale.
T. Roig - A Ensenat - N.Picò - R.Sanchez-Carrion

95. Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Neuropsychological Aspects and Rehabilitation.
T.Roig - R. Sanchez-Carrion - S.Sanz - A.Montserrat

96. A Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program - Building from the Ground Up.
E.Rosen - J.Sommerfreund - J.Gillett

97. Cognitive Rehabilitation Unit Sunnaas Hospital (CRUSH) - Description of a Model for the Very Late Case Rehabilitation.
K. Saether - S. Tornaas

98. Feasibility of an Acute Stroke Home Care Service for Elderly Patients.
D. Salerno - N. Aimonino Ricauda - R. Marinello - D. Amati - V. Tibaldi - M. Molaschi - F. Fabris

99. Community Cultures of Care for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury.
P. Sample - L. Stallones

100. Laterality Effect in Phonological and Semantic Memory of Children with Early Right Hemiplegia.
F. H. Santos - R. G. Nogueira - O. Bueno

101. Computer-administered Cognitive Rehabilitation: FORAMENRehab programs.
J. Sarajuuri - S. Koskinen

102. Symbolism in the Therapeutic Process after TBI.
J.Sarajuuri - T. Hamalainen

103. Perceptions of Social Support and Quality of Life: Men and Women Do Not Agree.
P.Seibert - J.Basom - O. Nudsen - C.Zimmerman

104. A Model for Superior Recovery from Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
P. Seibert - R. Jutzy - J. Basom - C.Zimmerman

105. Integration System of Rehabilitation in Wounded with TBI - the Major Problem of Military and Civil Medicine.
V.M. Shklovsy

106. The Use of Antigravitation Fittings for Motional Function Correction in TBI Patients.
V.M. Shklovsy - E.D. Mamitcheva

107. The Principles of Neurorehabilitation of the Wounded and the Patients after TBI at In-home and Day Care Clinics as Part of Non-stop Restoration Treatment.
V.M. Shklovsy - U.A. Fukalov - V.F. Kaluga - T. I. Biljukova

108. The Role of Nootrops Vasoactive Medicines in Neurorehabilitation after TBI in Patients with Higher Mental Dysfunctions at Different Ages.
V.M. Shklovsy - O.A. Koroleva - O.V. Rudneva

109. Event-related Potentials in Young Patients with Favourable Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injuries.
L. Sibaud - L. Fraioli - S. Giaquinto

110. Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients through Protocols Based on Evidence-based Medicine.
L. Sibaud - A. Gargiulo - F. Cipolla - L. Fraioli

111. Brain Injury: a New Model for Vocational Training.
L. Simoncini - C. Albertazzi - G. Pellegrino - R. Piperno

112. CRUSH, a Late Phase Rehabilitation Programme - from the Participant's Point of View
A.H. Skogan - S. Tornaas

113. Project "Social Networks for Persons with TBI"
M. Skoglund - E. M.Killi

114. Adapted Technology Enriching Quality of Life: Locked-in Syndrome.
S.Soderholm - M.Meinander -H.Alaranta

115. Culturally Sensitive Practice: Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach in the Rural Mennonite Culture: Case Studies in Non-traditional (Creative) Rehabilitation and Community Reintegration
S. Somers

116. Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program (PABICOP): an Evaluation Study.
J. Sommerfreund - E. Rosen - J.Gillett - J.McDougall

117. Potential Unlimited: Did this Pilot Program Facilitate Adjustement to Brain Injury?
M. Thomas

118. Treatable Vegetative State: Long-term Follow-up Results of Deep Brain Stimulation.
T. Tsubokawa

119. Open-label Study of Donepezil in Traumatic Brain Injury.
R. van Reekum - C. Masanic - M. Bayley - M. Simard

120. Ecological Approach to the Rehabilitation of a Girl with TBI: Qualitative Assesment of Visuospatial Disabilities.
M. Ventura - F.R. Cappelli - M.M. Pierro

121. Functional Outcome and Instability of Neurobehavoral Factors in TBI Subjects.
D.Verné - T.Mezzanato - G.Torrini - R.Barettini

122. Validity and Responsiveness of Clinical Balance Measures in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
M. Weightman - M: Peterson - J. Lojovich - M. Wainio

123. Severe Cerebral Hypoxia - Long-term Cases Series Outcome
F.C. Wilson - J. Harpur - T. Watson

124. Executive Functions and the Prganisation of Everyday Actions
A. Worthingtong - E. Castermans - S. Coles - G. Humphreys

125. Animal-assisted Therapy - the Doorway to Healing
M. Yaer

126. Predictors of Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury: a 1H-MR Spectroscopy Study
M. Zampolini - F. Sciarrini - G. Pelliccioli - P. Chiarini

127. Retrospective Study of Traumatic Brain Injury in Italian Rehabilitation Centres
M. Zampolini - L. Spizzichino

128. Sexual Damage and Ensuing Legal Aspect
M. Zettin - S. Forconi - M. Luppino - L. Melossi