Recent Posts in Pediatric Brain Injury

Jul 15, 2024 - In Pediatric Brain Injury Pediatric Brain Injury Patient Turned Hospital Employee

14 years ago, Ariana McGuire was treated at RWJBarnabas Health’s Bristol Myers Squib Children’s Hospital and Children’s Specialized Hospital after an arrow was lodged in her brain. Her journey has had many remarkable milestones, including going to work at ...

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

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 - In Pediatric Brain Injury Watch Your Head!

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 - In Pediatric Brain Injury RWJBarnabas Health Field of Dreams Officially Opens in Toms River

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 - In Pediatric Brain Injury Westfield Boy, 12, Hospitalized for Injury at Cooperstown Coming Home

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 - In Pediatric Brain Injury Virtual Clubhouse Supports Children with Brain Injuries

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 - In Pediatric Brain Injury NJ Researchers Link Functional Independence on Admission with Early Recovery in Pediatric Traumatic 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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Apr 28, 2022 - In Pediatric Brain Injury Actigraphy Shows Promise as Objective Noninvasive Measure of Sleep-wake Regulation in Children with 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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