Recent guideline changes include recommendations against strict mental and physical rest after sustaining a concussion, recognizing preexisting conditions and educating patients on concussion recovery. The concussion guidelines evaluated in the study are from a 2017 consensus statement developed at the fifth international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin in 2016.
Researchers in Raleigh, N.C., performed a review of medical records for patient athletes between ages 11 and 18 who were treated for a concussion between 2016-18 using the revised concussion management approach. They then compared the data to a set of athletes treated for a concussion between 2011-13 using a different concussion management approach. Results showed the revised guidelines decreased symptom duration among the athletes who sustained a sports-related concussion.
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