Concussion research
Understanding how young people recover from concussion.
We aim to:
- Redefine child and adolescent concussion treatment by examining the most effective ways to speed up and support recovery
- Understand how young people recover from concussion
- Identify biomarkers (brain imaging, blood proteins) or risk factors for slow concussion recovery
- Improve parent and community access to evidence-based concussion management.
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Concussion Essentials
**Currently Recruiting Participants**
Compares whether an individualised approach to treatment (including education, physiotherapy and psychology), improves outcomes and recovery time for young people following a concussion compared to usual care.
We are recruiting 8 to 18-year-olds who have sustained a concussion. Our study includes physiotherapy and cognitive assessments, questionnaires, and symptom monitoring. The study is based at The Royal Children’s Hospital and a second location in Mt Waverley, with options for telehealth also available.
Currently, we are recruiting participants who are within 17-days post-concussion. In mid-2021, we will start recruitment for children and adolescents with persisting symptoms up to 12-months post-injury. Please contact us or complete your details to register your interest in our concussion studies.
Mental Health following mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent
This study investigates mental health outcomes and associated factors, such as family environment, social participation, and quality of life, in adolescents following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
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Rehabilitation of Executive Function in Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
This study is complete. This study is investigating the impact of computer activities and their effectiveness in improving memory and making decisions in children with post traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Investigating the mental health outcomes in adolescents with mild traumatic brain injury. There are many causes of brain injury, including traffic accidents, sports accidents or lack of oxygen to the brain. This project helps you find out about Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) research that is currently happening on the Melbourne Children's Campus.
Read more...Rehabilitation of Executive Function in Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (REPEAT Study)
This study investigated the impact of computer activities and their effectiveness in improving memory and making decisions in children with post-traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI refers to any damage to the brain acquired as a result of a trauma, such as injuries caused by external forces such as falls, contact sports, and accidents.
Training Attention after Brain Injury in Children
We are interested in understanding whether a game-based attention training program can strengthen attention in children who have experienced an acquired brain injury (ABI). This is a collaboration between The Monash School of Psychological Sciences and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
HeadCheck
An evidence-based digital smartphone application, developed in collaboration with the AFL and Curve Tomorrow. Designed using the latest scientific knowledge of concussion, the app provides ready access to current clinical best practices regarding adult and paediatric concussion. The app includes a sideline assessment tool and provides individually tailored guidance to help users or parents manage a safe return to normal activities (school, study, work, exercise, and sport).
Take CARe Biomarkers
Followed children and adolescents for up to three months post-concussion, examining symptoms, MRI brain imaging, blood biomarkers, cognition (thinking abilities), physical function, parent and child mental health, quality of life, and cost of concussion.
Funding
- Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation
- The National Health and Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Future Fund
Featured publications
- Mental health after paediatric concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
British Journal of Sports Medicine. Gornall et al., (In Press).
- No evidence of a difference in SWI lesion burden or functional network connectivity between children with typical and delayed recovery two weeks post-concussion.
Journal of Neurotrauma. Shapiro et al., (In Press).
- Validation of the SCAT5 and Child SCAT5 word list memory task.
Journal of Neurotrauma. Shapiro et al., (In Press). - Protocol for a randomised clinical trial of multimodal postconcussion symptom treatment and recovery: the Concussion Essentials Study.
BMJ Open. Anderson et al., (2021). - Neuroimaging in paediatric mild traumatic brain injury: a systematic review.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. Rausa et al., (2021).
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