LibGuides: Acquired Brain Injury Information for Patients and Families: Physical Concerns

Acquired Brain Injury

Find information about:

Dysphagia (swallowing problems)
NHS Choices. This is a British website, you may find that it uses different words than are used in Canada, and that it discusses programs and services that are not available here.
Your Oral Health Matters
College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatchewan
Swallowing Disorders
MedlinePlus
Swallowing Disorders Information Page
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Understanding Dysphagia - after an Acquired Brain Injury
Queensland Health. This is an Australian website, you may find that it uses different words than are used in Canada, and that it discusses programs and services that are not available here.

Definitions:

Spasticity / Hypertonia: increased muscle tension and strength - "tightness"

Hypotonia: decreased muscle tone and strength - "floppiness"

Spasticity and Traumatic Brain Injury
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center
Spasticity
American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Seizures
Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide
Seizures and Traumatic Brain Injury
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC)