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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by motor vehicle crashes, falls, violence and sports injuries. TBI is twice as frequent in males than in females with 52,000 annual deaths in the United States [ 1 ]. The highest incidence is among persons 15 to 24 years of age but there are peak in the very young and the elderly. TBI may result in life long impairment of physical cognitive psychosocial functions. Prevalence of those with the chronic disability is between 2.5 and 6.5 million persons. About two million persons each year have a TBI. Up to 90,000 incur a TBI resulting in life long impairments. |
