Association Between Early Participation in Physical Activity Following Acute Concussion and Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

M. Grool, Anne; Aglipay, Mary; Momoli, Franco; P. Meehan, William; B. Freedman, Stephen; Owen Yeates, Keith; Gravel, Jocelyn; Gagnon, Isabelle; Boutis, Kathy; Meeuwisse, Willem; Barrowman, Nick; Ledoux, Andrée‐Anne; H. Osmond, Martin; Zemek, Roger

doi:10.1001/jama.2016.17396

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Association Between Early Participation in Physical Activity Following Acute Concussion and Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Published in JAMA • Dec 20, 2016

Authors:

Anne M. Grool

Mary Aglipay

Franco Momoli

Abstract

Importance: Although concussion treatment guidelines advocate rest in the immediate postinjury period until symptoms resolve, no clear evidence has determined that avoiding physical activity expedites recovery. Objective: To investigate the association between participation in physical activity with...

Subject

Medicine

Concussion

Physical therapy

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