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Researchers at the San Antonio Military Medical Center are trialling a new therapy to improve some of the chronic symptoms of traumatic brain injury.

The study is designed to determine the best treatment for combat troops who are suffering from difficulties with concentration, attention, memory and judgement.

Douglas B Cooper, study leader, explained that the Study of Cognitive Rehabilitation Effectiveness (Score) is designed to treat patients in the long term.

He explained that there have been a lot of great interventions used to help people with traumatic brain injury in the first few days after the incident.

"We don’t have as many good interventions later on - six months, 12 months or two years post-injury," he said.

He explained that cognitive rehabilitation involves a number of interventions designed to help people with brain injuries reduce, manage or cope with cognitive deficits.

Traumatic brain injury has become the "signature injury" of the Iraq war, with the media shedding light on life for troops who are injured in this way.

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