High Sleep Disturbance and Longer Concussion Duration in Repeat Concussions.

CONCLUSIONS: History of repeated concussion is associated with longer concussion duration and higher reported sleep disturbance. Furthermore, those with sleep disturbance after repeated concussion exhibit more severe headaches, mood disturbance, and cognitive dysfunction. ABBREVIATIONS: ImPACT: Immediate Postconcussion Assessment and Cognitive Assessment (ImPACT); this is a computer-based test that assesses an individual's cognitive function and cumulatively documents current concussion symptoms. PCSS: Post Concussion Symptom Scale; this scale assesses the severity of concussion symptoms. SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences. This is a statistical software package. PMID: 30784317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Behavioral Sleep Medicine - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Tags: Behav Sleep Med Source Type: research