Neurocognitive and Quality of Life Improvements Associated With Aerobic Training for Individuals With Persistent Symptoms After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Secondary Outcome Analysis of a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To report secondary neurocognitive and quality of life outcomes for a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) of aerobic training for management of prolonged symptoms after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in adolescents. Setting: Outpatient research setting. Participants: Thirty adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 years who sustained a mTBI and had between 4 and 16 weeks of persistent post-concussive symptoms. Design: Secondary outcome analysis of a partially masked RCT of sub-symptom exacerbation aerobic training compared with a full-body stretching program highlighting cognitive and quality of life outcomes. Main Measures: The secondary outcomes assessed included neurocognitive changes in fluid and crystallized age-adjusted cognition

SUBMITTER: Gladstone E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6759771 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature