The effects of post-traumatic depression on cognition, pain, fatigue, and headache after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a thematic review.

R G KumarS GaoShannon B JuengstA K WagnerA Fabio

Published in: Brain injury (2018)

Studies evaluating the effects of PTD on common TBI impairments have yielded mixed results. Evidence suggests PTD precedes the development of executive dysfunction, and a strong link exists between fatigue and PTD, with fatigue preceding PTD. Future prospective studies evaluating PTD relationships to pain and headache are warranted to elucidate causality.

Keyphrases

severe traumatic brain injury
sleep quality
chronic pain
traumatic brain injury
pain management
neuropathic pain
case control
depressive symptoms
emergency department
high intensity
working memory
white matter
physical activity
drug induced