Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35546269›Full record

ArticleCephalalgia : an international journal of headache2022

Revisiting the ICHD-3 criteria for headache attributed to mild traumatic injury to the head: Insights from the Toronto Concussion Study Analysis of Acute Headaches Following Concussion.

Laura Kathleen Langer, Mark Theodore Bayley, David Wyndham Lawrence, Paul Comper, Alice Kam, Alan Tam, Cristina Saverino, Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, Lesley Ruttan, Tharshini Chandra and 2 more

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura Kathleen LangerKITE Research Institute at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4408-355X
Mark Theodore BayleyKITE Research Institute at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
David Wyndham LawrenceToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1386-7127
Paul ComperToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Alice KamToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Alan TamToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Cristina SaverinoToronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Catherine Wiseman-HakesKITE Research Institute at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Lesley RuttanToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Tharshini ChandraToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Evan FosterToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Jonathan GladstoneToronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
University Health Network · CAMount Sinai Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is limited prospective data on the prevalence, timing of onset, and characteristics of acute headache following concussion/mild traumatic brain injury.

methodsAdults diagnosed with concussion (arising from injuries not related to work or motor vehicle accidents) were recruited from emergency departments and seen within one week post injury wherein they completed questionnaires assessing demographic variables, pre-injury headache history, post-injury headache history, and the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT-3) symptom checklist, the Sleep and Concussion Questionnaire (SCQ) and mood/anxiety on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI).

resultsA total of 302 participants (59% female) were enrolled (mean age 33.6 years) and almost all (92%) endorsed post-traumatic headache (PTH) with 94% endorsing headache onset within 24 hours of injury. Headache location was not correlated with site of injury. Most participants (84%) experienced daily headache. Headache quality was pressure/squeezing in 69% and throbbing/pulsing type in 22%. Associated symptoms included: photophobia (74%), phonophobia (72%) and nausea (55%). SCAT-3 symptom scores, Brief Symptom Inventory and Sleep and Concussion Questionnaire scores were significantly higher in those endorsing acute PTH. No significant differences were found in week 1 acute PTH by sex, history of migraine, pre-injury headache frequency, anxiety, or depression, nor presence/absence of post-traumatic amnesia and self-reported loss of consciousness.

conclusionsThis study highlights the very high incidence of acute PTH following concussion, the timing of onset and characteristics of acute PTH, the associated psychological and sleep disturbances and notes that the current ICHD-3 criteria for headaches attributed to mild traumatic injury to the head are reasonable, the interval between injury and headache onset should not be extended beyond seven days and could, potentially, be shorted to allow for greater diagnostic precision.

Indexed as

Brain ConcussionMigraine DisordersPost-Traumatic HeadacheAdultFemaleHeadacheHumansMaleProspective Studiesacutecharacteristicsconcussiondiagnostic criteriaepidemiologyheadacheICHD-3migrainePost-traumatic headache

Identifiers

PMID35546269
PMCPMC9536000
OpenAlexW4280528328

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.