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Systematic review of the diagnostic criteria in TBI |
Systematic review of the rehabilitation in TBI |
| Electronic database searched |
• Ovid Medline
• Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED)
• Biological Abstracts
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
• PsycINFO
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• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
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| Search strategy |
Health Condition |
Traumatic brain injury:
• “brain injuries” [MeSH with automatic explosion], or
• “trauma*”, “TBI”, “mTBI” “concussion”, “blast”, “military”, or “head injury” [title/abstract]
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Traumatic brain injury:
• “craniocerebral trauma”, “cerebrovascular trauma”, “brain edema”, “Glasgow Coma Scale”, “Glasgow Outcome Scale”, “unconsciousness” explode all trees [MeSH with automatic explosion], or Glasgow near3 scale*, or “unconscious*”, “coma*”, “concuss*”, “persistent vegetative state”, “Rancho Los Amigos Scale”, or (head or crani* or cerebr* or capitis or brain* or forebrain* or skull* or hemispher* or intra-ran* or inter-cran*) near3 (injur*or trauma* or damag* or wound* or fracture* or contusion*), or Diffuse axonal injur*
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| Area of interest |
Diagnosis and classification:
• “diagnos*”, “defini*”, “classif*”, “nomenclature”, “grad”, “severity”, or “type” [title/abstract]
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Rehabilitation and treatment:
• “brain injuries” [MeSH with automatic explosion], or “ambulatory care”, “rehabilitation”, “hospitalization”, “physical therapy modalities”, “exercise therapy”, “orthotics”, “acupuncture”, “cognitive therapy”, “social work”, “occupational therapy”, “behavior”, “message therapy”, “dietetics”, “outpatients”, “inpatient”, “patient care team” [MeSH with automatic explosion], or “multidisciplinary”, “integrated”, “rehabilitat*”, “physiotherap*”,“physical therap*”, “occupation*”, “acupuncture”, “social work”,“orthotics”, “cognitive therap*”, “behavio?r therap*”, “counsel?ing”, “nutrition”, “diet*”, “food”, “outpatient*”, “inpatient*”, “hospital*”, “home”
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| Limits |
English studies and adults (≥18 years)
Published 1999-2013, inclusive (15 years) |
English studies and adults (≥18 years)
Published 2004-2013, inclusive (10 years) |
| Additional sources |
References of included studies |
None |
| Inclusion criteria |
• Examination of the current or alternative diagnostic and classification systems in TBI including concussion, and, or
• Examination of any outcome measure designed to diagnose or grade TBI severity
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• All current and updated systematic reviews in TBI rehabilitation
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| Exclusion criteria |
• Diagnostic criteria for postconcession syndrome (PCS)/post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• TBI in children and adolescents (under 18 years of age)
• Animal models
• Non-validated or experimental diagnostic techniques and instruments
• Prognostic factors as surrogate measures of TBI severity
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None |
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