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Living Concussion Guidelines: Guideline for Concussion and Prolonged Symptoms for Adults 18 Years of Age or Older
Overview
This website helps health care professionals manage adults with concussion or prolonged postconcussion symptoms. As a living guideline, maintained by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the information is continually updated.
The website contains recommendations as well as resources including education, toolkits, and standards for concussion clinics. There is also a patient version of this guideline designed to improve communication between provider and patient.
Other Resources
A similar product for child and adolescent patients, Living Guideline for Pediatric Concussion, is sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Province of Ontario, and partner Ontario hospital foundations and institutes.
An APTA guideline, Physical Therapy Evaluations and Treatment After Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, provides evidence-based recommendations for physical therapist management of patients who have experienced a concussive event.
Practice resources developed by the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy include a summary of recommendations and other helpful resources for patients, physicians, and clinicians.
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Date: May 31, 2018
Contact: practice@apta.org
Content Type: CPG
Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Young Adult (19-24)
MTBI Guidelines Development Team, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
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