Persistent MRI Findings Unique to Blast and Repetitive Mild TBI: Analysis of the CENC/LIMBIC Cohort Injury Characteristics.
David F TateBenjamin S C WadeCarmen S VelezErin D BiglerNicholas D DavenportEmily L DennisCarrie EsopenkoSidney R HindsJacob KeanEamonn KennedyKimbra KenneyAndrew R MayerMary R NewsomeCarissa L PhilippiMary J PughRandall S ScheibelBrian A TaylorMaya TroyanskayaJohn K WernerGerald E YorkWilliam WalkerElisabeth A WildePublished in: Military medicine (2024)
In deployment-related mTBI, significant findings in this cohort were only observed when considering mTBI sub-groups (blast mechanism and total number/dose). Simply comparing healthy controls and those with a positive mTBI history is likely an oversimplification that may lead to non-significant findings, even in consortium analyses.