@article{ref1,
title="Effect of exercise recommendation on adolescents with concussion",
journal="Journal of child neurology",
year="2019",
author="Stumph, Justin and Young, Julie and Singichetti, Bhavna and Yi, Honggang and Valasek, Amy and Bowman, Eric and MacDonald, James and Yang, Jingzhen and Fischer, Anastasia",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
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, <i>P</i> =.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, <i>P</i> =.003), than females, respectively (18 days vs 14.5, <i>P</i> =.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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-0738",
doi="10.1177/0883073819877790",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073819877790"
}