Trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in tension-type headache

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 454-460

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   Alonso Blanco, Cristina ^a   Cuadrado, Maria Luz ^a,b   Gerwin, Robert D ^c,d   Pareja, Juan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward head posture; Myofascial pain; Myofascial trigger points; Suboccipital muscles; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; TRIGGER POINT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 33645047643     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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