Citation

Stumph J, Young J, Singichetti B, Yi H, Valasek A, Bowman E, MacDonald J, Yang J, Fischer A. J. Child Neurol. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0883073819877790

PMID

31599706

Abstract

We examined the effect of a noncontact, subsymptom exacerbation early exercise recommendation on recovery from sports-related concussion. Retrospective analysis of adolescents, 10-17 years old, with symptomatic concussion, within 30 days of injury was performed. Time to recovery was measured between the early exercise group and a comparison group. A total of 187 patients studied-112 in the exercise group and 75 in the comparison group; 55% were male (n = 103). The exercise group had a significantly longer duration of concussion symptoms (18.5 days vs 14, P =.002), although both groups recovered within the expected time to recovery for concussion. When analyzed separately, males experienced longer time to recovery from injury (19 days vs 14, P =.003), than females, respectively (18 days vs 14.5, P =.18). Recommendation of early exercise resulted in significantly longer recovery from concussion in male adolescents but had no significant effect in female adolescents; both groups recovered within the expected time frame.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescents; children; concussion; pediatric; rehabilitation; traumatic brain injury