TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Effect of exercise recommendation on adolescents with concussion
JO  - Journal of child neurology
A1  - Stumph, Justin
A1  - Young, Julie
A1  - Singichetti, Bhavna
A1  - Yi, Honggang
A1  - Valasek, Amy
A1  - Bowman, Eric
A1  - MacDonald, James
A1  - Yang, Jingzhen
A1  - Fischer, Anastasia
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0883-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073819877790
ID  - ref1
ER  -