Title

Models Of Exceptional Adaptation In Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Series

Keywords

Acquired brain injury; Adaptation; Central executive; Cognitive rehabilitation; Executive functions; Head injury; Neurorehabilitation; Rehabilitation outcome; Supervisory attentional system; Traumatic brain injury

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The remarkable persistence of disablement in chronic traumatic brain injury and the dearth of accommodation define the condition as a disorder of adaptation. This construct is extended to explain exceptional recoveries after postacute treatment. METHOD: Nine severely injured graduates of holistic cognitive rehabilitation were selected for their exceptional postmorbid academic, vocational, and social accomplishments. RESULTS: In interviews, they attributed their successes to continuing reliance on, and ongoing elaboration and modification of, cognitive compensation strategies. Unlike their disabled cohorts, they implement a deliberate procedure for self-corrective self-management that minimizes the functional impact of their permanent deficits. © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volume

22

Issue

1

Number of Pages

48-55

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/00001199-200701000-00006

Socpus ID

33846452195 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33846452195

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