Tenderness of pericranial muscles in schoolchildren with headache

Pain Clinic

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Carlsson, J ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Migraine; Muscle tenderness; Schoolchildren; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SKULL; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0029952243     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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