Pediatric Neurology Briefs (May 2015)

Vestibular Deficits Following Concussion

  • J Gordon Millichap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-5-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 5

Abstract

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Investigators from the Division of Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, and Sports Medicine, Somerset, NJ, performed a retrospective cohort study of 247 patients ages 5-18 years with concussion referred from July 2010 to Dec 2011; 81% of patients showed a vestibular abnormality on initial clinical examination.

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