Personal Injury Resources
The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury:
New diagnostic criteria for mild TBI were developed through an evidence review and expert consensus process. Having unified diagnostic criteria for mild TBI can improve the quality and consistency of mild TBI research and clinical care.
Letter of Justification to Attorney for TBI Treatment
This letter constitutes further medical verification that Ms. Doe has the following conditions secondary to a MVA on 12/29/2022 as well as the scientific evidence supporting the use of the therapies that have benefited Ms. Doe.
References:
Alexander, M. P. (1995). Mild traumatic brain injury: pathophysiology, natural history, and clinical management. neurology, 45(7), 1253-1260.
DeKosky, S. T., Ikonomovic, M. D., & Sam Gandy, M. D. (2010). Traumatic brain injury–football, warfare, and long-term effects. The New England journal of medicine, 363(14), 1293.
Greenwald, B. D., Kapoor, N., & Singh, A. D. (2012). Visual impairments in the first year after traumatic brain injury. Brain injury, 26(11), 1338-1359.
Konrad, C., Geburek, A. J., Rist, F., Blumenroth, H., Fischer, B., Husstedt, I., … & Lohmann, H. (2011). Long-term cognitive and emotional consequences of mild traumatic brain injury. Psychological medicine, 41(6), 1197-1211.
Kushner, D. (1998). Mild traumatic brain injury: toward understanding manifestations and treatment. Archives of internal medicine, 158(15), 1617-1624.
Langlois, J. A., Rutland-Brown, W., & Wald, M. M. (2006). The epidemiology and impact of traumatic brain injury: a brief overview. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 21(5), 375-378.
Masel, B. E., & DeWitt, D. S. (2010). Traumatic brain injury: a disease process, not an event. Journal of neurotrauma, 27(8), 1529-1540.
McCrory, P., Meeuwisse, W., Johnston, K., Dvorak, J., Aubry, M., Molloy, M., & Cantu, R. (2009). Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport-the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008: consensus. South African Journal of sports medicine, 21(2), 36-46.
McInnes, K., Friesen, C. L., MacKenzie, D. E., Westwood, D. A., & Boe, S. G. (2017). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and chronic cognitive impairment: A scoping review. PloS one, 12(4), e0174847.
McMillan, T. M., Teasdale, G. M., & Stewart, E. (2012). Disability in young people and adults after head injury: 12–14 year follow-up of a prospective cohort. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Ruff, R. M., Iverson, G. L., Barth, J. T., Bush, S. S., Broshek, D. K., & NAN Policy and Planning Committee. (2009). Recommendations for diagnosing a mild traumatic brain injury: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper. Archives of clinical neuropsychology, 24(1), 3-10.
Silverberg, N. D., Iverson, G. L., Arciniegas, D. B., Bayley, M. T., Bazarian, J. J., Bell, K. R., … & Whitehair, V. (2021). Expert panel survey to update the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine definition of mild traumatic brain injury. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 102(1), 76-86.
Sundaram, N. K., Geer, E. B., & Greenwald, B. D. (2013). The impact of traumatic brain injury on pituitary function. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, 42(3), 565-583.
Thornhill, S., Teasdale, G. M., Murray, G. D., McEwen, J., Roy, C. W., & Penny, K. I. (2000). Disability in young people and adults one year after head injury: prospective cohort study. Bmj, 320(7250), 1631-1635.
Whitnall, L., McMillan, T. M., Murray, G. D., & Teasdale, G. M. (2006). Disability in young people and adults after head injury: 5–7 year follow up of a prospective cohort study. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 77(5), 640.