The 'skin roll' test: A diagnostic test for cervicogenic headache?

Functional Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-133

  Bansevicius, Dalius ^a,b   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Pinch and roll test; Skin roll test; Skin rolling; Skinfold tenderness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NECK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPINAL DISEASES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0031837458     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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