Publications

Here you can find all the publications related to the TBI-REPORTER.

A history of Traumatic Brain Injury is associated with poorer cognition and imaging evidence of altered white matter tract integrity in UK Biobank (n = 50 376).

Authors:

Donald M. Lyall, Emma R. Russell, Joey Ward and William Stewart.

Lay summary – Traumatic brain injury may increase the risk of brain diseases later in life, but it is not yet possible to tell who is most at risk. This study used UK Biobank data to compare people with and without a history of TBI, looking at thinking skills and brain scan measures of white matter, which helps different parts of the brain communicate. People with TBI showed poorer thinking performance and signs of white matter changes. These measures may help identify people at higher risk of future neurodegenerative disease, so prevention or support could be targeted earlier.

Health and lifestyle factors and dementia risk among former professional soccer players.

Authors:

Emma R. Russell, PhD; Donald M. Lyall, PhD; Daniel F. Mackay, PhD; Kirstie Cronin, MSci; Katy Stewart, PhD;
John A. MacLean, MBChB; Jill P. Pell, MD; William Stewart, MBChB, PhD.

Lay summary – Playing elite-level contact sport has been linked to a higher risk of dementia, possibly because of repeated head impacts or sport-related brain injuries. However, it is still unclear how much other changeable risk factors, such as lifestyle or health conditions, may also contribute to this risk.

Traumatic Brain Injury and risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Authors:

Xingxing Zhu, PhD: Emma R Russell, PhD: Donald M.Lyle, PhD: Frederick Ho, PhD: Daniel F. MacKay, PhD: Jill P. Pell, MD: William Stewart, MBChB, PhD.

Lay summary – Traumatic brain injury and repeated head impacts may increase the risk of brain diseases later in life. This link has been highlighted by research into contact sports and conditions such as motor neurone disease, also known as ALS. However, it is still unclear whether TBI in the wider community is linked to a higher risk of ALS.

Beyond mild, moderate, and severe Traumatic Brain Injury: modelling severity from clinical, neuroimaging, and blood-based indicators.

Authors:

Lindsay D. Nelson, Brooke E. Magnus, John K. Yue, Steve Balsis, Christopher J. Patrick, Nancy Temkin, Esther L. Yuh, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Ehri Ryu, Andrew I. R. Maas, David K. Menon, Lindsay Wilson, and Geoffrey T. Manley, the TRACK-TBI Investigators, on behalf of the CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators.

Lay summary – Traumatic brain injuries are usually described as mild, moderate or severe using a simple consciousness score, but this can miss important differences between patients. This study developed a more detailed way to measure TBI severity using clinical information, CT scan findings and blood test markers. The new score was tested in two large patient groups and compared with existing severity categories and recovery six months after injury.

Intimate partner violence, Traumatic Brain Injury and long-term mental health outcomes in midlife: the Drake IPV study.

Authors:

Natalie D Jenkins, Craig W Ritchie, Karen Ritchie, Graciela Muniz Terrera, William Stewart, on behalf of the PREVENT Dementia Investigators.

Machine learning for predicting post-operative outcomes in meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:

Abualnaja, S. Y., Morris, J. S., Rashid, H., Cook, W. H., and Helmy, A. E.