Unintentional Injuries
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The brain serves as the control center for all of the body's functions
including conscious activities (walking and talking) and unconscious ones
(breathing, heart rate, etc.). The brain also controls thought, comprehension,
speech and emotion. Injury to the brain, whether the result of severe
head trauma or a closed head injury in which there is no fracture or penetration
of the skull, can disrupt some or all of these functions. Traumatic brain
injury (TBI) results mainly from motor vehicle incidents, falls, acts
of violence, and sports injuries.
Preventing Falls
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury involves damage to the nerves within the spinal canal;
most SCIs are caused by trauma to the vertebral column, thereby affecting
the spinal cord's ability to send and receive messages from the brain
to the body's systems that control sensory, motor and autonomic function
below the level of injury.
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