Revisiting the TBI and Gender Question After TBI

A brief summary of current research.

Sex differences in the long-term neuropsychological outcome of mild traumatic brain injury

Tsushima, WT, Mark Lum, M, & Geling, O. Brain Injury, Volume 23, Issue 10 September 2009, pp 809–814.

Overall, there were no significant differences between men and women with mild TBI on a variety of neuropsychological tests. Because past research has found that females develop more TBI-related neuropsychological deficits than males in the immediate post-injury period, the authors suggest more research is warranted.

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