Safety of Active Rehabilitation for Persistent Symptoms After Pediatric Sport-Related Concussion: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
; 99(2): 242-249, 2018 02.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine the safety and tolerability of an active rehabilitation program for adolescents who are slow to recover from a sport-related concussion, and secondarily to estimate the treatment effect for this intervention.DESIGN:
Single-site, parallel, open-label, randomized controlled trial comparing treatment as usual (TAU) to TAU plus active rehabilitation.SETTING:
Outpatient concussion clinic.PARTICIPANTS:
Adolescents (N=19) aged 12 to 18 years with postconcussion symptoms lasting ≥1 month after a sports-related concussion.INTERVENTIONS:
TAU consisted of symptom management and return-to-play advice, return-to-school facilitation, and physiatry consultation. The active rehabilitation program involved in-clinic subsymptom threshold aerobic training, coordination exercises, and visualization and imagery techniques with a physiotherapist (mean, 3.4 sessions) as well as a home exercise program, over 6 weeks. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
A blinded assessor systematically monitored for predetermined adverse events in weekly telephone calls over the 6-week intervention period. The treating physiotherapist also recorded in-clinic symptom exacerbations during aerobic training. The Post-Concussion Symptom Scale was the primary efficacy outcome.RESULTS:
Nineteen participants were randomized, and none dropped out of the study. Of the 12 adverse events detected (6 in each group), 10 were symptom exacerbations from 1 weekly telephone assessment to the next, and 2 were emergency department visits. Four adverse events were referred to an external safety committee and deemed unrelated to the study procedures. In-clinic symptom exacerbations occurred in 30% (9/30) of aerobic training sessions, but resolved within 24 hours in all instances. In linear mixed modeling, active rehabilitation was associated with a greater reduction on the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale than TAU only.CONCLUSIONS:
The results support the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of active rehabilitation for adolescents with persistent postconcussion symptoms.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Traumatismos em Atletas
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Concussão Encefálica
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Terapia por Exercício
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Segurança do Paciente
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article