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Teenagers with brain injury require total brain rest, according to a GP and school doctor.

Speaking in front of 175 high school and middle school pupils in America, Dr Paul Ostergaard said that young people who have sustained brain injuries, from concussion in a sports accident, for example, should not be pushed to do academic work, exercise, watch TV or play video games as their brains need time to rest and recover, the Daily Record reported.

"Mental rest is just as important as physical rest,'' said Dr Ostergaard.

According to the newspaper, teachers at Pequannock High School had been inquiring as to how to accommodate students who had recently sustained concussions

Dr Ostergaard told teachers that people often do not realise that they have concussion and that they should look out for academic changes in the children and should make a call to the school nurse or parents of the child if they suspect something is wrong.

According to traumatic brain injury website BrainLine.org, a concussion can be caused by a sudden fall, jolt or blow to the head and they occur in more than one million children every year.

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