Session Information
Date: Friday, November 15, 2019
Session Title: Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Research Report
Session Time: 12:30pm-2:00pm
Location: Research Hub - Kiosk 8
Disclosures: Brian Sutterer, MD: Nothing to disclose
Objective: Compare serum ferritin levels in children and adolescents who suffered a concussion to those who suffered concussion and developed post concussion syndrome (PCS), as well as to compare these values in both groups to non head injured controls and expected population normal values.
Design: Retrospective case control study. 212 subjects were identified through use of an electronic cohort exploring tool. These subjects were ages 8-18 and had sustained a concussion and then subsequently had serum ferritin levels measured. Of this group, 98 experienced post concussion syndrome. Comorbidities including depression/anxiety, restless leg, chronic pain, fatigue, and headaches, menstrual irregularities, periodic limb movement disorder, and POTS. Ferritin levels in the post concussion syndrome group were compared to those without, and both groups were also compared to non head injured controls, matched for comorbidities, age, and gender.
Setting: Hospital and clinic network of a tertiary care health care network.
Participants: 212 total patients who were diagnosed with a concussion and had serum ferritin levels measured after their injury were included in this study. Of this group, 98 also had a diagnosis of post concussion syndrome.
Interventions: No interventions were performed in this study.
Main Outcome Measures: Serum ferritin levels measured following diagnosis of concussion and post concussion syndrome.
Results: For subjects with concussions, those both with and without PCS had a mean ferritin of 32.3 (P = .987). Compared to non head injured controls, subjects with PCS had mean ferritin of 32.3 vs 29.3 (P = .292). Subjects without PCS compared to controls had ferritin level of 32.3 and 33.3 (.075). Comparing to expected population values previously published, males age 8-11 did have statistically significant lower ferritin value (-12, P = .006).
Conclusions: No significant difference between ferritin values for those with concussion and those with post concussion syndrome. No difference when these values are compared to non head injured controls.
Level of Evidence: Level III
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Sutterer B, Landry BW, Lennon RJ. Ferritin Levels Following Concussion and the Relationship to Post-concussion Syndrome in Children and Adolescents [abstract]. PM R. 2019; 11(S2)(suppl 2). https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/ferritin-levels-following-concussion-and-the-relationship-to-post-concussion-syndrome-in-children-and-adolescents/. Accessed September 7, 2024.« Back to AAPM&R Annual Assembly 2019
PM&R Meeting Abstracts - https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/ferritin-levels-following-concussion-and-the-relationship-to-post-concussion-syndrome-in-children-and-adolescents/