Multidisciplinary Concussion Management: A Model for Outpatient Concussion Management in the Acute and Post-Acute Settings

Conclusion: Results demonstrate that exercise intervention is effective in reducing symptoms in adolescents with persisting symptoms. The finding that participants in the control group who underwent education, light activity, and sophisticated monitoring still had meaningful recovery supports the utility of active engagement in a multidisciplinary management program. Finally, depression had a clinically meaningful effect on recovery, highlighting the need for targeted intervention of noninjury factors relevant to persisting symptoms.
Source: The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation - Category: Neurology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research