Data from a new study show that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in younger patients is associated with chronic headaches and pain in other areas of the body. Furthermore, participants who had a greater number of pain areas reported higher pain unpleasantness and pain intensity.
Of the study participants with mTBI, 57% reported chronic pain at three months and 45.7% at six months. The most commonly reported post-acute pain locations included the head (72.8%), lower extremities (17.7%), upper