Schneider, Kathryn J.Johnstone, Corson2020-07-092020-07-092020-07-07Johnstone, 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.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112267Concussions 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.engUniversity 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.sport-related concussionconcussionpain thresholdscentral sensitizationNeurosciencePhysiologyRehabilitation and Therapymaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/37989