{"id":89,"date":"2016-08-19T00:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:09:31","slug":"traumatic-brain-injuries-linked-to-parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/traumatic-brain-injuries-linked-to-parkinsons-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Parkinson\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New research out of UCLA suggests that individuals who suffer from a traumatic brain injury<\/a> that results in a loss of consciousness may be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson\u2019s disease later in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1.3 million Americans visit the emergency room every year as the result of a traumatic brain injury, so it\u2019s no surprise that medical researchers are interested in better understanding the short- and long-term effects of TBIs. For their most recent study, researchers looked at the medical records of 7,130 older adults of which 865 had suffered a TBI with loss of consciousness. Also of note, 184 of those individuals lost consciousness for more than an hour after their injury. Researchers then cross-checked their medical records for instances of neuropathological impairment, like Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TBI and Neurological Disease Findings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After looking at the data, researchers uncovered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n