TY - JOUR
PY - 2021//
TI - Evaluation of the functional assessment of concussion tool in a pediatric sports concussion clinic [meeting abstract]
JO - Pediatrics
A1 - Lumetta, Katherine
A1 - Thomas, Danny G.
A1 - Fehr, Shayne
A1 - Walter, Kevin D.
A1 - Hornbeck, Kimberly
A1 - Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal
A1 - Tarima, Sergey
SP - 163
EP - 163
VL - 147
IS - 3
N2 - BACKGROUND: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) affects nearly two million youth annually, but duration and presentation of mTBI symptoms varies greatly. We developed a tool which provides a functional assessment of concussion symptoms by focusing on how symptoms affect normal daily activities rather than rating symptom severity. This study sought to determine the correlation of the Functional Assessment of Concussion Tool App (FACT) with post-concussion symptom scales and to evaluate functional outcomes at home in pediatric patients following acute mTBI.
METHODS: 27 subjects ages 8-18 completed a …
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0031-4005 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.147.3_MeetingAbstract.163 ID - ref1 ER -