Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury patients

The article was written by Dr. Le Thu Huong – Rehabilitation Doctor, High-Technical Unit for The Treatment of Cerebral Palsy and Autism – Share99 Times City International Health Hub.

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Traumatic brain injury occurs due to a sudden head injury that damages the brain, leading to dysfunction of the brain. Rehabilitation methods are usually carried out very early in emergency resuscitation units to avoid minor complications and injuries, thereby shortening the treatment time later.

1. Signs of traumatic brain injury

  • Consciousness disorders
  • Motor paralysis
  • Muscle stiffness
  • Mental disorders
  • Mental disorders
  • Sensory disorders, including sense of touch, vision, hearing, taste
  • Swallowing and language disorders
  • Urinary disorders

Then, if the person is not well cared for, it can lead to minor injuries, such as:

  • Muscle atrophy
  • Stiff joints
  • Osteoporosis
  • Ulcers caused by overrides
  • pneumonia
  • Vein thrombosis
  • Depression

Depressive insomnia

Traumatic brain injury can leave patients depressed

2. Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury patients

2.1 Implications of Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Not all patients with traumatic brain injury (CTSN) need rehabilitation. With cases of mild CTSN, after a good period of rest and pain control, the patient can fully recover without leaving any symptoms. This number of patients accounts for very small proportions, while the majority of patients need to participate in PHCN to improve motor function, awareness, language and other disorders with the goal of bringing patients back to life with the most independent level possible.

PhCN methods are usually carried out very early in emergency resuscitation units to avoid minor complications and injuries, thereby shortening the treatment time later.

The methods of PHCN applied are not the same in patients but must depend on the disorder and the degree of neurological dysfunction in each person.

3. Rehabilitation methods for traumatic brain injury patients

3.1 Advocacy

Is the method of using exercises to improve motor function for patients, including the functioning of joints, muscles, mobility, movement. At the same time, motor therapy also helps patients prevent unfortunate diseases due to limited mobility such as muscle atrophy, stiffness of the joints, osteoporosis, embolism, pneumonia.

motor after a stroke

Therapeutic movement increases the mobility function of patients

Depending on the level of movement and coordination of the patient, the patient is planned to be treated with different motor exercises:

  • Joint motor exercises
  • Muscle strength exercises
  • Balancing exercises
  • Exercises shifting in a lying position, from lying down to sitting, from sitting to standing, shifting to a wheelchair, moving in the toilet …
  • Moving exercises: standing exercises, walking, gait exercises, walking with assisting tools such as leg braces, sticks, crutches, walking frames …

3.2 Therapeutic activities

Therapeutic exercises often focus on improving the patient's ability to be aware, hand function and daily functioning

  • Awareness exercises: aims to improve the ability of perception including sysdity, time, logical thinking abilities, language, increased concentration and memory
  • Improve hand function through neck, hand, finger, grip exercises, and delicate movement levels
  • Improve daily function with adaptation exercises such as dressing exercises, personal hygiene exercises, eating exercises …

3.3 Speech therapy

Patients with traumatic brain injury with swallowing disorders or speech disorders, speech loss will be treated in speech therapy units to improve chewing, swallowing and improve communication ability:

  • Treatment of swallowing disorders: exercises in the jaw, mouth, lips, tongue, sensory stimulation exercises, electrical impulses and bio-feedback, eating exercises with food and adaptation tools such as cups drinking nasal water, specialty substances …
  • Treatment of patients with speech loss: oral exercises, pronunciation exercises, improved memory, concentration, identity …

treatment of swallowing disorders

Nasal drinking cups (Source: brucemedical.com)

3.4 Rehabilitation for urinary disorders

Patients may be given perineum strength strengthening exercises, Biofeed-back exercises that control systal muscle mobility, or use electro impulse measures that stimulate treatment to improve movement, sensation and coordination of bladder activity – urethral sysular muscles, rectal sensation and the ability to exercise stools

3.5 Physical therapy

  • Electrolysym: electro-impulse methods that stimulate muscles enhance the activity of the weak muscle group, paralysis, improve muscle atrophy, or very valuable analgesic pulse currents in patients with traumatic brain injury.
  • Thermal treatment: such as Parafin, infrared lamps, ultrasonic treatment, short waves … often used in patients with joint pain, with the effect of reducing spasms, analgesic, enhancing muscle nutrition. Although very effective, these measures cannot be used in patients with sensory disorders, perception disorders, mental disorders.
  • Hydro-therapy: has the effect of enhancing encesices, reducing muscle spasms, increasing muscle strength in patients with traumatic brain injury.

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About: John Smith

b1ffdb54307529964874ff53a5c5de33?s=90&r=gI am the author of Share99.net. I had been working in Vinmec International General Hospital for over 10 years. I dedicate my passion on every post in this site.

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