Research shows a broad range of possible benefits of exercise for people with brain injuries:
- People with TBI who exercised had fewer physical, emotional and cognitive
complaints and symptoms, such as sleep problems, irritability, forgetting and
being disorganized.
- Non-exercisers with TBI complained of more cognitive problems or
symptoms than did those who exercised, suggesting that exercise may
improve abilities such as memory, thinking and the like.
- Exercisers with TBI were less depressed.
- People with TBI who exercised viewed themselves as being healthier than
non-exercisers.
- Exercisers with TBI more often were engaged in school or work and got around
the community more freely.
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