The relationship between postinjury symptomatology and days postinjury for the graded symptom scale in concussed adolescent athletes

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training

Abstract

Concussion symptoms are important self-reported indicators of recovery. The purpose of this study was to describe the symptom burden in the first 3 weeks postconcussion and estimate the strength of relationship between symptomatology and days postconcussion. Headache was the most commonly endorsed symptom during weeks 1 (71.1%), 2 (37.6%), and 3 (32.6%). Severity scores were negatively correlated with days postconcussion, p < .01. While headache is commonly reported following a concussion, and decreases with time, it was still endorsed 3 weeks postinjury. Clinicians should be aware that lingering symptoms may suggest a prolonged recovery that requires an active treatment approach.

First Page

23

Last Page

27

DOI

10.1123/ijatt.2018-0029

Publication Date

1-1-2019

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