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Jun 5, 2023 Providing a Heads-Up on Concussions Pediatric Brain Injury

What Everyone Needs to Know About These Common Traumatic Brain Injuries Concussions can happen anytime and anywhere. They become especially concerning in autumn when school sports programs increase the potential for blows to the head, says Kyrsten ...

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Jun 5, 2023 Watch Your Head! Pediatric Brain Injury

Comprehensive concussion screening for young people is now available in Hudson County. Nearly 7 percent of children under age 17 have had symptoms of concussion in their lifetime, according to a recent national survey. Left untreated, a concussion can lead ...

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Jan 18, 2023 RWJBarnabas Health Field of Dreams Officially Opens in Toms River Pediatric Brain Injury

The RWJBarnabas Health Field of Dreams, a recreational complex that intentionally addresses physical and social inclusion for people of all ages and abilities and recognizes everyone’s right to participate fully in equitable play, officially opened last ...

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Aug 17, 2022 Westfield Boy, 12, Hospitalized for Injury at Cooperstown Coming Home Pediatric Brain Injury

A 12-year-old boy who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a line drive struck him last month returns home Thursday after five weeks in the hospital, his father said. Anthony Labin, of Westfield, was pitching in a baseball game at Cooperstown Dreams Park ...

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Jul 8, 2022 Virtual Clubhouse Supports Children with Brain Injuries Pediatric Brain Injury

A unique program innovates to help adults and children recover from brain injury. When lockdowns created by the pandemic began, the staff at Opportunity Project, a program for adults with brain injury, knew they had to pivot quickly. Members of the ...

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Apr 28, 2022 Actigraphy Shows Promise as Objective Noninvasive Measure of Sleep-wake Regulation in Children with Brain Injury Pediatric Brain Injury

A team of New Jersey researchers conducted a sleep study in inpatients in pediatric rehabilitation using an actigraph, a wrist-worn accelerometers that enables noninvasive continuous monitoring of sleep-wake cycles. This study is the first to use this ...

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Apr 28, 2022 NJ Researchers Link Functional Independence on Admission with Early Recovery in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Pediatric Brain Injury

A team of New Jersey brain injury researchers has published the first pediatric study linking functional level on admission with the likelihood of functional gains during rehabilitation. The study is also the first in more than a decade to report on the ...

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