2005/10/01 by Paul Comper, S. M. Bisschop, Nancy Carnide +1 · 259 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Traumatic Brain Injury Research #Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances #Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery #Psychological intervention #Traumatic brain injury #Systematic review #Rehabilitation #Medicine #Relevance (law) #Cognitive rehabilitation therapy #Psychology #Cognition #MEDLINE #Physical therapy #Clinical psychology #Physical medicine and rehabilitation #Psychiatry
paper · doi:10.1080/02699050400025042
published in Brain Injury 19(11), 863-880 (Taylor & Francis)
openalex publication_date 2005/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of interventions for mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) in adults as found in the literature. RESEARCH DESIGN: Systematic review of the literature. METHODS: Six electronic databases and 18 journals within the brain injury field were manually searched between the years 1980-2003. References from articles were scanned for further literature. Studies that met broad inclusion criteria were subjected to a formal test of relevance. Those found to be relevant were qualitatively tested for their methodological soundness. RESULTS: One thousand and fifty-five studies were initially identified and 163 were assessed using the relevance tool, yielding 20 studies for review. Four categories of interventions were identified: Pharmacotherapy, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Patient Education and Other. The majority of studies were weak, however there is evidence to support the effectiveness of patient education interventions. CONCLUSIONS: There are few rigorous studies evaluating treatment of MTBI. Limitations of the current literature are presented.