Jennifer T Arnold1, Elizabeth V Franklin2, Zachary G Baker3, Marian Abowd4, Jonathan A Santana2. 1. Department of Sports Physical Therapy, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent and Sports Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 3. Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and. 4. Department of Orthopedics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an association exists between fear of pain and recovery time from sports-related concussion in a pediatric population. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Primary outpatient sports medicine clinic of a large pediatric hospital. PATIENTS: One hundred twenty-eight pediatric patients aged 8 to 18 years who presented to clinic with a primary diagnosis of concussion from September 2018 to March 2020. Inclusion criteria included presentation within 2 weeks of injury and symptomatic on initial visit. Patients who sustained a concussion because of motor vehicle collisions or assault were excluded. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: There was no intervention. Study participants who met inclusion criteria were administered the Fear of Pain Questionnaire (FOPQ) at their initial visit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Time to clinical recovery was the main outcome measure and was determined by the fellowship-trained sports medicine physician based on resolution of concussion symptoms, resumption of normal physical and cognitive daily activities, no use of accommodations or medications, and normalization of physical exam. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in FOPQ scores for those with prolonged recovery (M = 33.12, SD = 18.36) compared with those recovering in fewer than 28 days (M = 26.16, SD = 18.44; t [126] = -2.18, P = 0.036). CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with the adult literature, we found that pediatric patients are more likely to have a prolonged recovery from concussion when they have higher fear of pain.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an association exists between fear of pain and recovery time from sports-related concussion in a pediatric population. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Primary outpatient sports medicine clinic of a large pediatric hospital. PATIENTS: One hundred twenty-eight pediatric patients aged 8 to 18 years who presented to clinic with a primary diagnosis of concussion from September 2018 to March 2020. Inclusion criteria included presentation within 2 weeks of injury and symptomatic on initial visit. Patients who sustained a concussion because of motor vehicle collisions or assault were excluded. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: There was no intervention. Study participants who met inclusion criteria were administered the Fear of Pain Questionnaire (FOPQ) at their initial visit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Time to clinical recovery was the main outcome measure and was determined by the fellowship-trained sports medicine physician based on resolution of concussion symptoms, resumption of normal physical and cognitive daily activities, no use of accommodations or medications, and normalization of physical exam. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in FOPQ scores for those with prolonged recovery (M = 33.12, SD = 18.36) compared with those recovering in fewer than 28 days (M = 26.16, SD = 18.44; t [126] = -2.18, P = 0.036). CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with the adult literature, we found that pediatric patients are more likely to have a prolonged recovery from concussion when they have higher fear of pain.
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