Andrée-Anne Ledoux, Ken Tang, Isabelle Gagnon, Martin H Osmond, Keith O Yeates, Katherine Healey, Gerard A Gioia, Roger L Zemek
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether preinjury physical, emotional, cognitive, and sleep symptoms on the Post-Concussion Symptoms Inventory (PCSI) are associated with persistent postconcussion symptoms (PPCS) at 4 weeks and whether any associations are moderated by sex or age. STUDY SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A total of 3063 participants with acute concussion, presenting to 9 Canadian pediatric emergency departments, were enrolled from August 2013 to June 2015. DESIGN: A planned secondary analysis of a prospective, multicenter cohort study (Predicting Persistent Post-concussive Problems in Pediatrics or 5P)...
April 30, 2021: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation