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Michael S Jaffee1, W Christopher Winter, Christine C Jones
1Department of Neurology, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA .
Background:
Sleep disturbances are a common symptom following concussions to include athletic concussion.
Review:
This review applies literature on sleep following traumatic brain injury and concussion to sport concussions and places these considerations in the context of sleep and athletic performance. It also includes a description of sleep abnormalities in sleep duration, quality and timing as well as recommended treatment approaches. Finally, it includes a brief discussion of emerging paradigms of sleep and concussion recovery.
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