Brain changes: aerobic exercise for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) accounts for millions of hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. Aerobic exercise is an easily implementable, non-pharmacological intervention to treat TBI, however, there are no clear guidelines for how to best implement aerobic exercise treatment for TBI survivors across age and injury severity.

Methods

We conducted a PRISMA-ScR to examine research on exercise interventions following TBI in children, youth and adults, spanning mild to severe TBI. Three electronic databases (PubMed, PsycInfo, and Web of Science) were searched systematically by two authors, using keywords delineated from "Traumatic Brain Injury," "Aerobic Exercise," and "Intervention."

Results

Of the 415 papers originally identified from the search terms, 54 pa

SUBMITTER: Snowden T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10771390 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature