Diffusion Tensor Imaging Correlates of Resilience Following Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with considerable mortality and morbidity in adolescents, but positive outcomes are possible. Resilience is the concept that some individuals flourish despite significant adversity.

Objective

To determine if there is a relationship between resilience-promoting factors that are known to promote resilience and white matter (WM) microstructure 1 year after complicated mild TBI or moderate or severe TBI that is sustained by adolescents.

Method

We examined the relationship between performance on a self-report measure of resilience-promoting factors and WM integrity assessed by diffusion tensor imaging in a group of adolescents who had sustained either a TBI (n = 38) or an orthopedic injury (OI) (n = 23).

Results

SUBMITTER: Schmidt AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647770 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature