Muscle tenderness in pericranial and neck-shoulder region in children with headache. A controlled study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 340-344

  Anttila, Pirjo ^a   Metsahonkala L ^b   Mikkelsson, M ^c   Aromaa, M ^b   Kautiainen, H ^c   Salminen, J ^b   Viander, S ^b   Jappila E ^a   Sillanpaa M ^a  

^a Child and Adolescent Health Care ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Migraine; Muscle tenderness; Neck shoulder pain; Schoolchildren; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENSION HEADACHE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; PALPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SHOULDER PAIN; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0036594341     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2002.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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