Does screen time affect recovery from concussion in adolescents

A 14-year-old girl attends A&E after hitting her head on a concrete wall during netball, with short loss of consciousness. She is discharged after a normal CT head. She returns the next day with symptoms of concussion. Her mum asks if avoiding screens would be helpful. In a 14-year-old girl with concussion (patient), does limiting screen time (intervention) improve symptom recovery (outcome)? Sources: Embase, Ovid MEDLINE Search strategy: concussion AND (screen time OR screentime OR cognitive rest) Number of hits: 200 Relevant hits: 14 Why excluded? Studies were excluded if not explicitly mentioning screen time of some sort, or those only focusing on adults or post-concussion syndrome. Guidelines and non-systematic review articles were also excluded. The selected articles are …