Is early activity resumption after paediatric concussion safe and does it reduce symptom burden at 2 weeks post injury? The Pediatric Concussion Assessment of Rest and Exertion (PedCARE) multicentre randomised clinical trial

Andrée-Anne Ledoux; Nick Barrowman; Vid Bijelić; Michael M Borghese; Adrienne Davis; Sarah Reid; Gurinder Sangha; Keith Owen Yeates; Mark S Tremblay; Candice McGahern; Kevin Belanger; Joel D Barnes; Ken J Farion; Carol A DeMatteo; Nick Reed; Roger Zemek

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2021-105030

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Is early activity resumption after paediatric concussion safe and does it reduce symptom burden at 2 weeks post injury? The Pediatric Concussion Assessment of Rest and Exertion (PedCARE) multicentre randomised clinical trial

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Andrée-Anne Ledoux Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Cellular and Molecular Medicine- Neuroscience, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nick Barrowman Clinical Research Unit, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vid Bijelić Clinical Research Unit, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael M Borghese Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adrienne Davis Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Reid Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gurinder Sangha Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Keith Owen Yeates Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark S Tremblay Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Candice McGahern Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin Belanger Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joel D Barnes Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ken J Farion Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carol A DeMatteo School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nick Reed Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roger Zemek Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
PERC PedCARE Concussion team
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Correspondence to Dr Andrée-Anne Ledoux, Emergency Reseach Department, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada; aledoux{at}cheo.on.ca

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Ledoux A, Barrowman N, Bijelić V PERC PedCARE Concussion team, et al

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022;56:271-278.

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Accepted November 8, 2021
First published November 26, 2021.

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February 17, 2022

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