Table 1.
Demographics for 11 Chronic, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBi) Cases Treated with Transcranial, Red/Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Therapy
| Time post-TBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID number | Age at entry | Gender | Yr. | Mo. | Medical history for mTBI | Years education | Work status |
| P1 | 52 | M | 5 | - | Motor vehicle accident (MVA) | 16 | Disabled |
| P2 | 59 | M | 2 | 6 | MVA | 22 | Partially disabled; working only 22 hours/week at entry |
| P3 | 50 | F | 1 | 8 | Pedestrian hit by a car. | 18 | Disabled Unable to return to work |
| P4 | 26 | F | 1 | 4 | Multiple-car MVA, hit from behind. | 14 | Unemployed, disabled |
| P5 | 58 | M | 1 | - | Sports injury, close-range impact. Hit in the head by a baseball. | 16 | Disabled |
| P6 | 62 | F | 7 | - | MVA | 12 | Partial employment; disabled |
| P7a | 49 | F | 3 | - | Ski accident. History of multiple concussions and a prior stroke. | 16 | Disabled |
| P8a | 32 | M | 3 | - | Blast Injury. Additional improvised explosive device (IED), TBIs. | 13 | Disabled, active duty military. Unable to return to unit, since 3 years previously |
| P9a | 44 | M | - | 10 | MVA. Multiple (>10) concussions (falls, sports injuries, accidents). | 16 | Disabled |
| P10 | 27 | M | 1 | - | Industrial/work accident. Complicated mTBI, maxillo-orbital fractures with fragments into left infratemporal fossa. No craniotomy. |
12 | Disabled |
| P11a | 28 | F | 8 | - | Fell off a chair; also a concussion, 12 years prior to entry. | 18 | Working full time. |
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History of multiple concussions.