High lifetime blast exposure using the blast exposure threshold survey is associated with worse warfighter brain health following mild traumatic brain injury

RT Lange, LM French, SM Lippa, K Gillow… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The purpose of this study was to extend previous research by examining the relationship
between lifetime blast exposure and neurobehavioral functioning after mild TBI (MTBI) by (a) …

A review of long-term outcomes of repetitive concussive and subconcussive blast exposures in the military and limitations of the literature

SM Lippa - The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The purpose of this review is to summarize the long-term cognitive, psychological,
fluid biomarker, and neuroimaging outcomes following repetitive concussive and …

The Functional Connectome and Long-Term Symptom Presentation Associated With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Blast Exposure in Combat Veterans

JA Rowland, JR Stapleton-Kotloski… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained in a deployment environment (deployment TBI)
can be associated with increased severity of long-term symptom presentation, despite the …

Blast-related mild TBI: LIMBIC-CENC focused review with implications commentary

AR Miller, SL Martindale, JA Rowland… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: A significant factor for the high prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
among US service members is their exposure to explosive munitions leading to blast-related …

Perspectives on development of measures to estimate career blast exposure history in service members and veterans

SM Turner, SS Sloley, JM Bailie, I Babakhanyan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Department of Defense (DOD) has recently prioritized the investigation of the acute and
chronic adverse brain health and performance effects of low-level blast (LLB) generated by …

Differences in Brain Volume in Military Service Members and Veterans After Blast-Related Mild TBI: A LIMBIC-CENC Study

EL Dennis, JA Rowland, C Esopenko… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Blast-related mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), the “signature injury” of post-
9/11 conflicts, are associated with clinically relevant, long-term cognitive, psychological, and …

Blast-induced neurotrauma results in spatially distinct gray matter alteration alongside hormonal alteration: a preliminary investigation

SC Hellewell, DA Granger, I Cernak - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT) frequently occurs during military training and deployment
and has been linked to long-term neuropsychological and neurocognitive changes, and …

Validation of military occupational specialty as a proxy for blast exposure using the Salisbury blast interview

SL Martindale, JN Belding, CD Crawford… - Journal of …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Evaluating large data sets precludes the ability to directly measure individual experiences,
instead relying on proxies to infer certain constructs. Blast exposure is a construct of study …

Development of the B last O rdnance and O ccupational Exposure M easure for Self-Reported Lifetime Blast Exposures

C Sours Rhodes, R Sandlain, J Ollinger… - Military …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction To address the military gap in the standardized collection of lifetime blast
exposures across clinical and research endeavors, researchers at the National Intrepid …

Convergent and Discriminant Validity of the Blast Exposure Threshold Survey in United States Military Service Members and Veterans

RT Lange, LM French, SM Lippa, KC Gillow… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The Blast Exposure Threshold Survey (BETS) is a recently developed and promising new
self-report measure of lifetime blast exposure (LBE). However, there are no studies that have …