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Table 2 Means and SE’s of primary outcome variables across time for the PPTH and no-PPTH group

From: The role of deficient pain modulatory systems in the development of persistent post-traumatic headaches following mild traumatic brain injury: an exploratory longitudinal study

Variable 1–2 weeks post injury 1-month post injury 4 months post-injury
Headache Variables
HA-Intensity (0–10 scale)**
 No-PPTH 4.2 ± 0.5 2.2 ± 0.5 0.0 ± 0.0
 PPTH 7.0 ± 0.5 6.1 ± 0.5 6.3 ± 0.4
Measures of Pain Modulatory Function
TS Hand
 No-PPTH 15.6 ± 3.4 15.8 ± 3.8 12.4 ± 4.1
 PPTH 10.0 ± 3.4 13.8 ± 3.8 13.3 ± 4.1
TS Forehead
 No-PPTH 16.1 ± 3.8 18.5 ± 3.6 16.6 ± 4.3
 PPTH 14.7 ± 3.8 15.5 ± 3.6 17.7 ± 4.3
PPT-Head
 No-PPTH 236.2 ± 26.1 246.4 ± 25.5 242.1 ± 23.8
 PPTH 199.7 ± 25.4 232.3 ± 24.8 226.2 ± 23.1
CPM Score, %*
 No-PPTH 33.6 ± 6.8 28.2 ± 4.4 26.7 ± 6.5
 PPTH 5.6 ± 6.8 11.1 ± 4.4 18.9 ± 6.5
Psychological Variables
Pain Catastrophizing Scale Score*
 No-PPTH 15.3 ± 2.3 9.9 ± 2.4 7.0 ± 2.3
 PPTH 24.6 ± 2.3 20.1 ± 2.4 17.7 ± 2.3
CES-Depression scores*
 No-PPTH 19.0 ± 2.7 11.7 ± 2.0 9.5 ± 2.4
 PPTH 24.1 ± 2.7 18.9 ± 2.0 19.2 ± 2.4
  1. **significant Time by Group interaction, *significant Group main effect; SE Standard error, PPTH persistent posttraumatic headache, HA headache, TS temporal summation, PPT Pressure pain threshold, PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, CPM conditioned pain modulation
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