Jacqueline Purtzki

TL;DR: The 2015 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Stroke Rehabilitation Practice Guidelines is a comprehensive summary of current evidence-based recommendations for all members of multidisciplinary teams working in a range of settings, who provide care to patients following stroke.

TL;DR: The results support the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of active rehabilitation for adolescents with persistent postconcussion symptoms and linear mixed modeling shows active rehabilitation was associated with a greater reduction on the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale than TAU only.

TL;DR: Based on this small clinical sample of adolescents with severe persistent post-concussive headaches, Botox appears to be a well-tolerated and safe treatment option.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the early counseling intervention strategy trialed herein may not be effective for children and youth who experience significant postconcussion symptoms.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the current peer-reviewed literature on pediatric concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) service delivery models (SDMs) and relevant cost analyses and highlighted the need for more discussion and formalized evaluation of SDMs to better understand concussion management.