Heat, cold, and pressure pain thresholds following a sport-related concussion

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dc.contributor.advisorSchneider, Kathryn J.
dc.contributor.authorJohnstone, Corson
dc.contributor.committeememberDebert, Chantel Teresa
dc.contributor.committeememberNoel, Melanie
dc.date2020-11
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T16:11:15Z
dc.date.available2020-07-09T16:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-07
dc.description.abstractConcussions are among the most common sport and recreational injuries. Head and neck pain are commonly reported symptoms following concussion, but pain may also occur at regions secondary to the region of primary injury suggesting central sensitization. Central sensitization may be assessed using quantitative sensory testing (QST) to quantify heat (HPT), cold (CPT), and pressure pain thresholds (PPT). Pain thresholds have shown to predict worse prognosis of whiplash associated disorder. However, changes in pain thresholds as a consequence of SRC have not been well evaluated despite acute and persistent pain commonly occurring following SRC. Here we discuss the feasibility of QST among a consecutive sample of patients aged 13-60 that were seen at the Acute Sport Concussion Clinic (ASCC) and local sport medicine clinics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and diagnosed with SRC. Pain thresholds in patients with SRC were compared against orthopaedic injured (OI) and uninjured (UI) controls. There were no adverse reactions to QST in patients with SRC. There were no significant differences in heat, cold, and pressure pain thresholds across groups. Of interest, when looking at the data descriptively, patients with SRC had lower median HPTs and higher median CPTs than OI and UI controls as well as higher PPTs than OI controls. Further research including prospective cohort design is warranted to better understand how heat, cold, and pressure pain thresholds may be altered in patients with SRC.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJohnstone, C. (2020). Heat, cold, and pressure pain thresholds following a sport-related concussion (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37989
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112267
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyKinesiologyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectsport-related concussionen_US
dc.subjectconcussionen_US
dc.subjectpain thresholdsen_US
dc.subjectcentral sensitizationen_US
dc.subject.classificationNeuroscienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationPhysiologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationRehabilitation and Therapyen_US
dc.titleHeat, cold, and pressure pain thresholds following a sport-related concussionen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineKinesiologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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