Leisure Activities Often Change After a Brain Injury

A brief summary of current research.

Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Participation in Leisure Activities

Wise EK, Mathews-Dalton C, Dikmen S, Temkin N, Machamer J, Bell K, Powell JM. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Vol. 91(9), pp 1357-1362.

Researchers found that one year after injury, more than three-fourths of the individuals with TBI studied had not returned to pre-injury levels of leisure activities. Their new activities were less social and more sedentary, such as watching television. More than half of participants were dissatisfied with these changes.

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