Musculoskeletal abnormalities in chronic headache: A controlled comparison of headache diagnostic groups

Headache

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Marcus, Dawn A ^a   Scharff, Lisa ^a   Mercer, Susan ^b   Turk, Dennis C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Musculoskeletal assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 0032910473     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1999.3901021.x     Document Type: Article

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