Brain-damaged Patients
Conditions
Keywords
Craniocerebral injury, Mild and severe brain traumatic injury, Neuropsychological abilities, Clinical assessment, Anatomical and functional imaging
Brief summary
Longitudinal descriptive study of a cohort of twenty brain-damaged patients for a two years period.
Detailed description
The following data are collected in 3 months, 12 months then 24 months after the accident with followed data collection : * Clinical, neuropsychological assessments * Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the reconstruction of anatomical pathways * Functional imaging data.
Interventions
Rehabilitation
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Adult patients, over the age of 18. * Mild traumatic brain injury (Initial Glasgow score between 9 and 12) * Severe brain injury (Initial Glasgow score between 3 and 8), * Diffuse axonal injury and/or focal lesions.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with MRI contraindications, * Antecedents of brain lesions, * Important lesions of the lobes and cortex on cerebral CT, * Anoxic lesions related to cardiorespiratory arrest, * Must be able to perform neuropsychological tests, * Visual and auditory impairments. * Aphasia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in Baseline standardized volume of the white matter fascicles | at 3, 12 and 24 months | determined on the iplan software. Baseline measured at 3 months after brain traumatic injury. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measure of the volume of activations clusters | at 3, 12 and 24 months | during functional MRI for attention, motor, working memory, language tasks. |
| Location of activation clusters | at 3, 12 and 24 months | during functional MRI for attention, motor, working memory, language tasks. |
Countries
France