Brain Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Relationship Between Brain Care Score and Disability in Subacute-Long Term TBI

Maral Sakayan, Maria T. Paulino, Amanda S. Fang, Claire Joyner, Stephania Tovar-Vargas, Arunima Kapoor, Alexis Conrad, Michael Lopez, Saef Izzy, Scott M. Bartell, Danh V. Nguyen, Mark Mapstone, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Patrick M. Chen, Neurology Traumatic Brain Injury , Department of Neurology, University of California, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Department of Health Society and Behavior, Joe C Wen School of Population and Public Health, University of California Irvine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Joe C Wen School of Population and Public Health, University of California Irvine, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women, s Hospital, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Joe C Wen School of Population and Public Health, University of California Irvine, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on August 08, 2026

Abstract

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a prevalent, chronic disease with heterogenous recovery and dementia risk. Poor brain health is associated with increased dementia risk, but brain health remains unexplored in TBI. Brain Care Score (BCS), a tool measuring ...