Concussion Guidelines Step 2: Evidence for Subtype Classification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concussion is a heterogeneous mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) characterized by a variety of symptoms, clinical presentations, and recovery trajectories. By thematically classifying the most common concussive clinical presentations into concussion subtypes (cognitive, ocular-motor, headache/migraine, vestibular, and anxiety/mood) and associated conditions (cervical strain and sleep disturbance), we derive useful definitions amenable to future targeted treatments.

Objective

To use evidence-based methodology to characterize the 5 concussion subtypes and 2 associated conditions and report their prevalence in acute concussion patients as compared to baseline or controls within 3 d of injury.

Methods

A multidisciplinary expert workgroup was established to defi

SUBMITTER: Lumba-Brown A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6911735 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature