A randomized trial comparing prescribed light exercise to standard management for emergency department patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury.
Catherine E VarnerCameron ThompsonKerstin de WitBjug BorgundvaagReaves HoustonShelley McLeodPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)
In this trial of prescribed early light exercise for acute mTBI, there were no differences in recovery or health care utilization outcomes. Results suggest that early light exercise may be encouraged as tolerated at ED discharge following mTBI, but this guidance is not sufficient to prevent PCS.
Keyphrases
- mild traumatic brain injury
- emergency department
- high intensity
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- physical activity
- resistance training
- clinical trial
- study protocol
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- randomized controlled trial
- phase iii
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- respiratory failure
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