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The Ohio Valley Center conducts research, provides education
and develops programs to improve the quality of life of persons who experience
traumatic brain injury. The Center serves individuals, families and professionals
throughout North America.
While damage to the brain as a result of an external force has occurred
throughout time, significant improvements in emergency medical and neurosurgical
techniques in the 1970's created dramatic increases in the number of persons
surviving serious traumatic brain injury. These advances in medical science
and emergency service delivery resulted in an equally dramatic increase
in young people (those most likely to be injured and most likely to survive)
with long-term disabilities as a result of traumatic brain injury. Recognizing
and meeting the needs of this relatively new population of persons who
have serious brain injuries, apparently normal life expectancies, but
long-term disabilities, remains the primary challenge for community integration
after traumatic brain injury.
The Ohio Valley Center is located at the Ohio State University in the
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Projects encompass
several areas of emphasis: outcomes research,
substance abuse, state capacity, resource
and service coordination, and use
of the Internet.
This website has been funded with financial assistance from Grant H 133A70032
awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury
Prevention and Rehabilitation and Grant 5KD1TI12013-02 awarded by the
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Administration in the US Department of Health and Human Services.
To view some of our projects visit our TBI Model Systems.
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