Multimodal Coma Stimulation Programme on Coma Recovery in Traumatic Brain Injury

Multimodal Coma Stimulation Programme on Coma Recovery in Traumatic Brain Injury

Authors: Dr. Suchitra Menon, Dr. Irshad Qureshi,
Format: Paperback | Genre : Medical Science | Other Book Detail

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is defined as brain damage caused by externally inflicted head trauma, can impair a person's physical, cognitive, and psychosocial function significantly. (1). TBI is a major public health concern that 2020 has surpassed several diseases as the leading cause of death and disability. (2) Brain injury is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity and India's socioeconomic losses. Nonfatal TBI causes substantial disability with both financial and societal effects, regardless of the cause. (3) One of the major consequences of head injury is coma. Coma, it's a condition where there is a sleep-like state and here the patient makes no purposeful response to the environment and also the patient cannot be aroused; Their eyes remain closed and do not open voluntarily; the patient will not be able to talk; there won't be any intentional movement of the face or limbs; there won't be any response to any kind of verbal stimulation; mechanical stimulus might create no response or produce nonpurposeful movement; mediated from spinal cord or pathways of brainstem. (4) Sensory deprivation occurs in coma patients.

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Dr. Suchitra Menon

Dr. Suchitra Menon

MPT, Department of Neuro Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi Meghe, WARDHA

Dr. Irshad Qureshi

Dr. Irshad Qureshi

Professor, Department of Neuro Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi Meghe, WARDHA