Brain Injury In the News
Children's Specialized Hospital
Brain Injury Center of Excellence
2022
August 18, 2022 – 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 July 11 when a batter returned the pitch
directly at him, knocking him unconscious. The ball hit him over the left
ear, his father, Ron Labin said. Anthony has been working toward his recovery
since, and while doctors have diagnosed him with aphasia, a condition
that impacts the ability to understand and express speech, the family
hopes for a complete recovery. On July 22, Anthony was transferred to
Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, where he has been
receiving speech, cognitive and physical therapy.
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April 29, 2022 – 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 rest-activity ration as a measure of sleep-wake
regulation in children with brain injury during inpatient rehabilitation.
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2019
May 17, 2019 – Children’s Specialized Hospital Announces Partnership
with Opportunity Project, Inc. to Support Individuals with Brain Injury
Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility,
has announced a partnership with Opportunity Project, Inc., a program
empowering individuals over the age of 18 with brain injury. The partnership
will advance both the strategic direction of Children’s Specialized
and enhance the growth of Opportunity Project while increasing access
to integrated care and vital support services for those who have experienced
a brain injury.
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2018
May 25, 2018 – 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 differential gains between children with traumatic
vs. nontraumatic brain injury.
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