Traumatic brain injury (TBI) co-occurs with spinal cord injury (SCI) with sufficient frequency. Each form of injury has its own specific rehabilitation concerns; but when they occur together, there may be significant disruption of traditional rehabilitation treatment, goals, and outcome. Our article will review the cognitive and emotional features of concurrent SCI and TBI in the context of rehabilitation. Because of the psychological and neuropsychological features of these combined injuries, rehabilitation approaches and expectations will require modification. Implications for interdisciplinary rehabilitation will be discussed.

adjustment, cognition, rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury
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