Postconcussional symptoms in chronic back pain.
Checklist measures of persisting postconcussional and control symptom change (postinjury-preinjury self-ratings on 5-point scales) were compared among selected groups of consecutive referrals with traumatic back pain and concussion. Mean symptom change was not significantly different between the 2 groups. Positive correlations were found between postconcussional symptom change and psychometric measures of emotional distress for participants with valid Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles in the 2 groups combined. Results suggested that persisting postconcussional symptoms were not specific to concussion but were associated with increased emotional distress.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology*; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory