The phrase "acute concussion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical contexts to describe a specific type of concussion that is characterized by severe symptoms or a sudden onset.
Example: "After the football game, the player was diagnosed with an acute concussion and was advised to rest for several weeks."
Alternatives: "severe concussion" or "serious concussion".
Service members suspected of having a concussion undergo initial assessment with a neuropsychological test, such as the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (MACE).
"Regardless of which system it is, it's not just about understanding the acute concussion, but it's also looking at the cumulative exposure that a player takes over the course of a career," said Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, North Carolina's lead researcher and a member of the N.F.L.'s committee.
Significant inter-institutional similarities in acute concussion CDEs were found.
Overall, acute concussion data collected by the participating universities were consistent with the NINDS recommended acute core CDEs (Table 3).
Our aim was to examine the association between instrumented dual-task gait and tablet-based neurocognitive outcome variables with an acute concussion.
"The thesis is, if you manage the acute concussion well, your risks of a bad outcome in the long term are a lot less.
Not all children with acute concussions report to paediatric emergency department which may affect applicability to other settings.
In the acute post-concussion period, factors such as sex [25], history of concussion [26, 27], ADHD [28], and age [15, 29] have been shown to increase neurocognitive deficits, while sex or pre-existing psychiatric disorders have been associated with higher acute total symptom scores [30 32].
Findings suggest a role of signaling between neurons and proliferating microglia in the initiation of acute post-concussion headache behavior in rats following repetitive mild closed head injury.
Further, for adult patients, acute post-concussion symptoms such as headache, fatigue and concentration problems can last weeks to several months [ 15]; thus, recommending continued rest for these patients may not be prudent.
Signaling between neurons and proliferating microglia in the trigeminal pain system may contribute to the initiation of acute headache after concussion or other traumatic brain injuries.
