ArticleArchives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2020
Frequency of Primary Neck Pain in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion Patients.
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- Nutritional interventions to support acute mTBI recovery.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Cervical Symptoms in Post-concussion Management: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Pain Management in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multidisciplinary Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring the use of manual therapy in the management of traumatic brain injury: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Article
- Cervical spine sensorimotor deficits persist in people post-concussion despite minimal symptoms.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Classification of short and long term mild traumatic brain injury using computerized eye tracking.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Correlation between the Degree of Inflammation and Stress Indicators and Concurrent Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Severe Craniocerebral Injury.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2024Article
- Development and validation of the activities and participation children and adolescents -neck (APCAN) measure.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Article
- Post-Traumatic Craniocervical Disorders From a Postural Control Perspective: A Narrative Review.Brain & NeuroRehabilitation · 2023Review
- Brain Connectivity Predicts Chronic Pain in Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Annals of neurology · 2022Article
- Sports-Related Concussion Is a Personalized Issue-Evaluation of Medical Assessment and Subjective Feeling of the Athlete in a German Level 1 Trauma Center.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Incidence of Neck Pain in Patients With Concussion in a Pediatric Emergency Department.Pediatric emergency care · 2022Article
- Sport Concussion Assessment Tool Symptom Inventory: Healthy and Acute Postconcussion Symptom Factor Structures.Journal of athletic training · 2020Article
- Pain Perception in Taekwondo: Relationship to Injury, Experience, and Time Loss.Sports medicine international open · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine (1) the frequency of neck pain overall and relative to other symptoms in patients presenting to a level I trauma center emergency department (ED) with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and (2) the predictors of primary neck pain in this population.
designCohort study.
settingLevel I trauma center ED.
participantsPatients presenting to the ED with symptoms of mTBI having been exposed to an event that could have caused mTBI (N=95).
interventionsNot applicable.
main outcome measuresFrequency of self-reported neck pain as measured by Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3) symptom questionnaire at <3, 8, 15, and 45 days post injury. Primary neck pain was defined in 2 ways: (1) neck pain rated as equal or greater in severity than all other SCAT3 symptoms and (2) neck pain worse than all other symptoms.
resultsThe frequency of any reported neck pain was 68.4%, 50.6%, 49%, and 41.9% within 72 hours and at 8, 15, and 45 days, respectively. Frequency of primary neck pain (equal or worse/worse definitions) was 35.8%/17.9%, 34.9%/14.5%, 37%/14.8%, and 39.2%/10.8% across the 4 follow-up assessments. Participants who sustained their injuries in motor vehicle collisions had a higher rate of primary neck pain than those with other mechanisms of injury.
conclusionsA sizable percentage of patients who present to level I trauma center EDs with mTBI report neck pain, which is commonly rated as similar to or worse than other mTBI-related symptoms. Primary neck pain is more common after motor vehicle collisions than with other mechanisms of injury. These findings support consensus statements identifying cervical injury as an important potential concurrent diagnosis in patients with mTBI.
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