International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Karla Michiels

Publications

• Mini Review
  Whiplash Injury and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Differential Effects on Cognitive Functioning?
  Author(s): Kurt Beeckmans and Karla MichielsKurt Beeckmans and Karla Michiels
  
  With regard to whiplash injury (WI) patients, some studies documented mild attention problems and a reduced speed of information processing. Most patients showed problems with sustained and/or divided attention. However, some patients had also problems with focused and alternating attention. Regarding memory, some studies detected mild (auditory-verbal and/or visuospatial) memory difficulties. Visuospatial and executive functions appeared mostly preserved. In mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) patients, mild impairments in speed of information processing, (sustained, divided, focused and/or alternating) attention and (auditory-verbal and/or visuospatial) memory have been found. Furthermore, mild deficits could also be seen on tests measuring executive functions whereas visuospatial functioning seemed to be preserved. Until today, only two studies were devoted to evalu.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0281.1000271

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