The use of electromyography and muscle palpation in the diagnosis of tension-type headache with and without pericranial muscle involvement

Pain

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 175-178

  Hatch, John P ^a   Moore, Patricia J ^a   Cyr Provost, Margaret ^a   Boutros, Nashaat N ^a   Seleshi, Ermias ^a   Borcherding, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Headache diagnosis; Muscle palpation; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PALPATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026576848     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(92)90140-7     Document Type: Article

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