Three+ Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked With Worse Brain Function In Later Life

Older adults (ages 50 to 90 years) who had experienced three or more mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) an average of 30 years earlier had more cognitive deficits than people who had not experienced any head injury. Those who had experienced a moderate-to-severe TBI had significantly worse scores on measures of attention, executive function, and processing speed compared to those who had not experienced a head injury. Those who had experienced one or more mTBI had significantly worse scores on attention measures compared to those who had not had a head injury.
The effects of mTBI were cumulative . . .