...Martin Bunnage Purpose Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a common occurrence. For most people recovery is quick and complete. For a minority disability persists. This paper aims to discuss the factors that likely give rise to this on‐going disability and discuss the current evidence‐based...

...Ryan do Rosario Aguiar Purpose The aim of the paper is to make a case to extend existing models of post brain injury aggression. The paper draws on the models of aggression from the general aggression literature and discusses how this is applicable to understanding aggression post brain injury...

...Anne Louise Conneeley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the transition to community life, in relation to vocational goals and aspirations, for 18 people with traumatic brain injury following the discharge from a neurological rehabilitation hospital. Design/methodology/approach...

... evidence for the protective value of cycle helmets. Some researchers have found helmets to protect against head and facial injuries. Others have criticised the research methods used and questioned whether helmets can protect the wearer from the most damaging types of head injury. No trial judge has yet...

...Sue Turner; Rosanne Tyas Purpose This article aims to describe a joint collaboration between an occupational therapist and music therapist at the Royal Hospital for Neuro‐disability in Putney, London, UK. It outlines a series of sessions with a patient with hypoxic brain injury who was referred...

...Mark Holloway Purpose Brain injury rehabilitation is often complicated or confounded by difficulties with engaging the injured party with the services and input required. Lack of awareness of cognitive and executive impairments is often implicated in this difficulty. Any technique or approach...

... adults with an acquired brain injury. Findings There is a need for separate, dedicated acquired brain injury services within local authority adult services. There should be a greater emphasis on assessments of functioning and decision‐specific mental capacity for clients with acquired brain injury...

...Stephen Weatherhead; Gavin Newby; Paul Skirrow Purpose The sequelae of acquired brain injury can lead to a complex array of risks. This research explores professionals' perspectives on those risks, focussing on how psycho‐social risks are assessed and managed. Design/methodology/approach...

...Guru Nagarajan; Elango Arumugam; George Tharion; Suranjan Bhattacharji Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the perceptions of research priorities as expressed by people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Design/methodology/approach A descriptive study based on feedback from patients...

...Neil Sugarman Purpose This paper seeks to provide an analysis of historic and current criminal injuries compensation schemes in Great Britain. Design/methodology/approach The paper aims to explain the nature of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) that administers the present...

...Malcolm Underhill Purpose This paper aims to consider the claims process for personal injury matters, prior to and post commencement of litigation. Design/methodology/approach The paper includes an examination of the personal injury pre‐action protocol and thereafter, the actions required...