• Noah D Silverberg, Mary Alexis Iaccarino, William J Panenka, Grant L Iverson, Karen L McCulloch, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Nick Reed, Michael McCrea, and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Mild TBI Task Force.
• Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Rehabilitation Research Program, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: noah.silverberg@vch.ca.
• Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Feb 1; 101 (2): 382-393.

AbstractAt least 3 million Americans sustain a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) each year, and 1 in 5 have symptoms that persist beyond 1 month. Standards of mTBI care have evolved rapidly, with numerous expert consensus statements and clinical practice guidelines published in the last 5 years. This Special Communication synthesizes recent expert consensus statements and evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines for civilians, athletes, military, and pediatric populations for clinicians practicing outside of specialty mTBI clinics, including primary care providers. The article offers guidance on key clinical decisions in mTBI care and highlights priority interventions that can be initiated in primary care to prevent chronicity.Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

21 keywords...

hide…