Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Athlete Development & Sports Rehabilitation

Symposium

(639405) Early Management of Concussion In The General Population:  Findings From The Hull-Ellis Concussion Clinic

Presenter(s)

• 

  Mark Bayley, MD,FRCPC

  Medical Director
  UHN-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
  Toronto, Ontario
• 

  Tharshini Chandra, BSc (Hon)

  Project Manager
  Toronto Rehab - University Health Network
  Toronto, Ontario
• 

  Evan Foster, BSc

  Research Assistant
  UHN - Toronto Rehabiliation Institute
  Toronto, Ontario
• 

  Noah Silverberg, PhD

  Clinical Associate Professor
  University of British Columbia
  Vancouver, British Columbia

Author(s)

• EI

  Elizabeth Inness, BScPT, MSc, PhD

  Lead, Mobility Innovations Centre
  Toronto Rehab, University Health Network
  Toronto, Ontario
• LR

  Lesley Ruttan, PhD, CPsych

  Clinical and Neuropsychologist
  Toronto Rehab, University Health Network
  Toronto, Ontario
• DL

  David Lawrence, MD, CCFP(SEM), Dip Sport Med

  Sports Medicine Clinician/Concussion Consultant
  David L MacIntosh Sports Medicine Clinic Faculty Of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario
• PC

  Paul Comper, PhD

  Neuropsychologist
  Toronto Rehab - University Health Network
  Toronto, Ontario
• CW

  Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, BSc, MSc, PhD

  Clinician Researcher
  Rehab Science Institute, University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario
• 

  Laura Langer, BSc (Hon)

  Research Analyst
  Toronto Rehab - University Health Network
  Toronto, Ontario

Will provides guidance on evidence based, targeted and innovative early model of care for individuals with acute concussion from the general population.

Will characterize trajectory of symptoms and recovery in the concussion population and build awareness amongst clinicians of prognostic indicators for slow recovery or poor outcome.

Will provide participants with ievidence of the role of exercise in concussion and execise as a potential early intervention for concussion recovery in the general population.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able, describe and provide evidence based, targeted and innovative early care for individuals with concussion from the general population
• Upon completion, participants will be able to understand trajectory of symptoms and recovery in the concussion population and build awareness of prognostic indicators for slow recovery or poor outcome
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the role of exercise as a potential early intervention for concussion recovery and rehab