What Comes First: Return to School or Return to Activity for Youth After Concussion? Maybe We Don't Have to Choose.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Return to School (RTS) and Return to Activity/Play (RTA) protocols are important in concussion management. Minimal evidence exists as to sequence and whether progression can occur simultaneously. Experts recommend that children/youth fully return to school before beginning RTA protocols. This study investigates recovery trajectories of children/youth while following RTA and RTS protocols simultaneously, with the following objectives: (1) to compare rates and patterns of progression through the stages of both protocols; (2) to evaluate symptom trajectories of youth post-concussion while progressing through stages of RTS and RTA; and (3) to propose a new model for concussion management in youth that involves the integration of Return to Activity and Return to School protoc

SUBMITTER: DeMatteo CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664873 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature