Tension-type headache: Pain, fatigue, tension, and EMG responses to mental activation

Headache

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 417-425

  Bansevicius, Dalius ^a   Westgaard, Rolf H ^a   Sjaastad, Ottar M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Electromyography; Fatigue; Mental load; Tension; Tension type headache; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032773874     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1999.3906417.x     Document Type: Article

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