Return-to-play (RTP) guidelines in concussion management and treatment continue to challenge clinicians, despite recent updates to the protocols and the ongoing media attention. The current guidelines address individualized treatment planning but are difficult to apply to athletes who experience prolonged ...
At the youth level, all players with concussions were required to have physician clearance to return to participation following the concussion. At the high school level, concussion was defined locally by the institution or state guidelines in the communities where the athletic trainers were located. ...
Evaluation of the Zurich guidelines and exercise testing for return to play in adolescents following concussion. Clin J Sport Med. 2014;24(2):128-133. doi:10.1097/JSM.0000000000000026PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 8. Johnson BD, O’Leary MC, McBryde M, Sackett JR, Schlader ZJ, Leddy JJ. ...
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guidelines, however, have been controversial within the sports medicine community.2The controversy appears to result from a lack of scientific foundation, and thus an arbitrary delineation of concussion grades and return-to-play criteria. This article critically examines concussion management guidelines ...
Guidelines for early management of acute concussion recommend limited periods of rest followed by a gradual return to school and other activities8,9. Early sub symptom threshold aerobic exercise has shown efficacy and speeds recovery in the first month post injury10,11. In contrast, the existing ...
Academics,Concussion Blog Original,Education,Rehabilitation,Return to PlayConcussion Recovery,Graded Return to Play,Recommendations,Return to Learn Nick Mercer: Recovery is in the Eye of the Beholder February 26, 2014Nick Mercer5 Comments For those new to the blog, Nick Mercer is our only “staff”...
The article finds that there are some inherent gaps in the former and current systems for concussion recognition and return to play. A lot of the confusionContinue reading→ Matt Chaney has been busy this summer with work, but he found some time to forward a bunch of links regarding concussi...
33 These variables represent clinical recovery and return to activity and school. These included number of days after injury until starting a graded return to play protocol (RTP start), returning to learn in full school (RTL), and symptom resolution (SR). SR was defined as the number of ...
1 Return-to-sport (RTS) decisions are essential for ensuring safety, given that the risk of subsequent concussion is increased if an athlete returns to play prior to full clinical and neurobiological recovery.2,3 Furthermore, early RTS may have negative consequences on long-term neurologic health...