Improving outcome after paediatric concussion: challenges and possibilities

MH Beauchamp, F Dégeilh, SC Rose - The Lancet Child & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The term concussion has permeated mainstream media and household vocabulary mainly
due to awareness regarding the risks of concussion in professional contact sports, yet it …

mTBI Biological Biomarkers as Predictors of Postconcussion Syndrome

E Stępniewska, M Kałas, J Świderska, M Siemiński - Brain sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Postconcussion syndrome (PCS) is one of the leading complications that may appear in
patients after mild head trauma. Every day, thousands of people, regardless of age, gender …

Alteration in cerebral activation during a working memory task after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury: a prospective controlled cohort study

A Khetani, CS Rohr, A Sojoudi, S Bray… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) commonly occur in children and adolescents and can
result in persistent cognitive symptoms. The neurophysiological changes that underlie …

Trajectories and predictors of clinician-determined recovery after child concussion

V Anderson, GA Davis, M Takagi, K Dunne… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
By age 16, 20% of children will suffer a concussion. Many experience persisting post-
concussive symptoms (PCS), the cause (s) of which remain unclear. We mapped …

Plasma tumor necrosis factor alpha is a predictor of persisting symptoms post-concussion in children

GM Parkin, C Clarke, M Takagi, S Hearps… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)-associated blood proteomics have become an emerging
focus in the past decade, with the US Food and Drug Administration recently approving the …

Cerebral blood flow in children with persisting postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic headache at 2 weeks postconcussion

F Fan, R Beare, M Takagi, N Anderson… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Persisting postconcussive symptoms (pPCS), particularly headache, can
significantly disrupt children's recovery and functioning. However, the underlying …

Widespread White Matter Abnormalities in Concussed Athletes Detected by 7T Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

A Gard, EN Kornaropoulos… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Sports-related concussions may cause white matter injuries and persistent post-concussive
symptoms (PPCS). We hypothesized that athletes with PPCS would have neurocognitive …

Fatigue recovery and connected factors following paediatric concussion

F Fabiano, M Takagi, N Anderson, FE Babl… - British journal of sports …, 2024 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective Using a biopsychosocial framework and the three-factor fatigue model, we aimed
to (1) plot recovery of fatigue over the 3 months following paediatric concussion and (2) …

Discovery of alpha-1-antichymotrypsin as a marker of delayed recovery from concussion in children

EEK Swaney, FE Babl, VC Rausa… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Of the four million children who experience a concussion each year, 30–50% of children will
experience delayed recovery, where they will continue to experience symptoms more than …

Towards the development of an integrative, evidence-based suite of indicators for the prediction of outcome following mild traumatic brain injury: results from a pilot …

A Gozt, M Licari, A Halstrom, H Milbourn, S Lydiard… - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Persisting post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) is a complex, multifaceted
condition in which individuals continue to experience the symptoms of mild traumatic brain …