Abstracts

Call for Papers
With the theme "Teamwork as a Challenge – New scientific and social developments in handling the situation after TBI" the TBI-Challenge.eu 2011 is the 1st European conference for Traumatic Brain Injury. It is aiming the difficulties to coordinate the emergency help, the intensive care and the single elements of the rehabilitation chain, to consequently sustain persons affected by TBI, who are the injured themselves and the relatives. During the last years allot of approaches to medical support, rehabilitation and social reintegration where made and solutions found to improve life after TBI. This conference shall be the biennial platform for exchange of experience and presentation of research and assumptions on a scientific base. The European Association of Brain Injured and Families (BIF), supported by the Austrian Society of Neurorehabilitation (ÖGNR), the Austrian Society of TBI (ÖGSTHT) and the European Brain Injury Society (EBIS), wants to cordially invite all professionals dealing with TBI and TBI affected persons to present their scientific and practical experience and to exchange your knowledge.

Send a short abstract (not more than 250 words) with introduction, methods, results and conclusion. The abstracts are reviewed and the review committee will make a decision, if the presentation will be in the panel, on a poster basis or if the subject shall be elaborated in a workshop. The language of the TBI-Challenge.eu 2011 is English.

Deadline for Abstract submission: November 05, 2010

Submission topics:

1. Acute Management after TBI (New values in Intensive Care after TBI, Is there an indicator for prognosis - MRI, proteins? Surgical access to scull and cervical spinal trauma, Primary care and rating)
2. "Optimising the Outdoors Clinic Rehabilitation" (Flow of information – How does it influence the outcome, eCommunication in Neurorehabilitation, Case management – is it possible? Case management – doctors or better therapists/social workers/nursing staff/families? The light TBI – is it really so ‘light’ (hidden dependencies)
3. "Rehabilitation and Quality Management" (Research about the situation of TBI affected persons – is it done? Models to improve health care supply at a national and European level, Long term support in hospitals compared to outdoor management, TBI, insurance companies and legal situation – how to handle?)
4. "Neurological Long Term Rehabilitation" (Approach in rehabilitation at the hospital – short and long term outcome? Organisation of post stationary supply before being relieved- Early Release Management, Monitoring of the outcome after TBI – scientific approach, Medication after TBI – possibilities in Neurorehabilitation, Botox and spasticity – strategies for prevention, Antidepressants and Neuroleptica after TBI, Pain after TBI – Individual approach, Rehabilitation and technical approach - gate control and training, initiation of movement, movement control, spasticity reduction)
5. TBI and Children (Shaking – What is to do and can we prevent? Is there a difference in treatment and outcome after TBI of children compared to adults?)
6. Physical Trauma for the Brain and Psychological Trauma (The forgotten trauma – Mechanisms of psychological trauma and therapy after brain injury, Similarities and parallel processes in psychological trauma and TBI, Similarities and parallel processes compared to psychological trauma after physical and psychological aggression, Posttraumatic Distress Syndrome in Long Term Rehabilitation after TBI)
7. Prevention (Does prevention exist? Helmets all over? Prevention after the TBI)
8. "Communication and neuropsychological Assistance" (Consultation of Relatives – Scientific Approach, Short term psychological therapy – avoiding long term therapy? ‘Psychosyndrome’ and premorbid personality, Evidence Based Neuropsychology after TBI, Communication with strongly affected / apallic TB injured)
9. Reintegration (Reintegration to work, what remains to say? Social Reintegration, is it possible? Sexual Dysfunction or Social Dysfunction? Discrimination and Harassment, Loneliness after TBI – how is it and why? Family and Caregivers – the new situation)

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