Chronic Pain Affects Approximately 60% Of People Living With TBI Even Up To 30 Years After Injury

Chronic pain affects approximately 60% of people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), even up to 30 years after injury. Of those surveyed, 46.3% reported current chronic pain after TBI, and 13.8% reported past chronic pain after TBI. A total of 32.5% of participants with current chronic pain following TBI reported constant pain.

For those with current chronic pain, back pain (64.9%) was the most common location of the pain. Individuals with current chronic pain also reported high rates (defined as more than 40%) of pain in the legs or feet (60.8%), shoulder (47.9 . . .