“Recommending strict rest for adolescents immediately after a concussion offered no added benefit over the usual care,” reads a recently published study by the American Academy of Pediatrics in the journal Pediatrics.
The study, titled “The recommendation for rest following acute concussion,”found that actually, oftentimes children who are more limited than others are more likely to report their symptoms than their less rested counterparts.
“Study participants who were prescribed strict rest had a slower resolution of their symptoms and had a higher symptom burden during the first 10 days after their emergency department visit than those prescribed usual care,”the study reads.
The randomized controlled trial monitored 88 subjects aged 11 to 22 — 45 who underwent general rest for 24 to 48 hours and 43 who underwent strict constraints in activity for up to five days.
Still, the report reads, while this study does add more information from which to base recommendations for concussion treatment in the future, given the amount of variables associated with any given concussion — such as age, gender, initial symptom level, etc. — the optimal period of rest for a concussion sufferer remains unknown.
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