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What causes traumatic brain injury?

April 26, 2017brain causes injury traumatic

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What causes traumatic brain injury?

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There are many causes of traumatic brain injury. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that the leading causes of TBI are as follows: • Falls (28 percent); • Motor vehicle accidents (20 percent); • Other head blows (19 percent); and • Assault. There are many different mechanisms that can cause a traumatic brain injury. These include an open head injury, in which the skull is fractured, contrecoup injuries in which the brain “bounces” off of the head after initial impact, causing double injury, and concussion, in which a blow to the head causes mild injury.