Myofascial trigger points in the suboccipital muscles in episodic tension-type headache

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-230

  Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a,b   Alonso Blanco, Cristina ^a   Luz Cuadrado, Maria ^b   Pareja, Juan A ^b  

^a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myofascial trigger points; Referred pain; Suboccipital muscles; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIGGER POINT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK MUSCLES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746497841     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bendtsen L. Central sensitization in tension-type headache: possible patho-physiological mechanisms. Cephalalgia 29 (2000) 486-508
2. Chaiamnuay P., Darmawan J., Muirden K.D., and Assawatanabodee P. Epidemiology of rheumatic disease in rural Thailand: a WHOILAR COPCORD study. Community Oriented Programme for the Control of the Rheumatic Disease. Journal of Rheumatology 25 (1998) 1382-1387
3. Fernández-de-las-Peñas C., Alonso-Blanco C., Cuadrado M.L., Pareja J.A., Barriga F.J., and Miangolarra J.C. Adverse tension in cranial dura mater and Myofascial trigger points in suboccipital muscles in patients with episodic tension type headache. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 12 Suppl 9 (2004) 75 (abstract)
4. Fernández-de-las-Peñas C., Cuadrado M.L., Gerwin R.D., and Pareja J.A. Referred pain from the trochlear region in tension-type headache: a Myofascial trigger point from the superior oblique muscle. Headache 45 (2005) 731-737
5. Fernández-de-las-Peñas C., Alonso-Blanco C., Cuadrado M.L., Gerwin R.D., and Pareja J.A. Trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in chronic tension type headache. Headache 46 (2006) 454-460
6. Gerwin R. Headache. In: Ferguson L., and Gerwin R. (Eds). Clinical mastery in the treatment of myofascial pain (2005), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 1-24
7. Gerwin R.D., Shanon S., Hong C.Z., Hubbard D., and Gevirtz R. Interrater reliability in myofascial trigger point examination. Pain 69 (1997) 65-73
8. IHS: Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society. Classification and diagnostic criteria for headache disorders, cranial neuralgias and facial pain-1st edition. Cephalalgia 8 Suppl 7 (1988) 29-34
9. IHS: Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders-2nd edition. Cephalalgia 24 Suppl 1 (2004) 9-160
10. Jensen R. Pathophysiological mechanism of tension-type headache: a review of epidemiological and experimental studies. Cephalalgia 19 (1999) 602-621
11. Jensen R., and Olesen J. Initiating mechanism of experimentally induced tension-type headache. Cephalalgia 16 (1996) 175-182
12. Jensen M.P., Turbner J.A., Romano J.M., and Fisher L. Comparative reliability and validity of chronic pain intensity measures. Pain 83 (1999) 157-162
13. Lipchik G.L., Holroyd K.A., Talbot F., and Greer M. Pericranial muscle tenderness and exteroceptive suppression of temporalis muscle activity: a blind study of chronic tension-type headache. Headache 37 (1997) 368-376
14. Marcus D.A., Scharff L., Mercer S., and Turk D.C. Musculoskeletal abnormalities in chronic headache: a controlled comparison of headache diagnostic groups. Headache 39 (1999) 21-27
15. Russell M.B., Rasmussen B.K., Brennum J., Iversen H.K., Jensen R.A., and Olesen J. Presentation of a new instrument: the diagnostic headache diary. Cephalalgia 12 (1992) 369-374
16. Schwartz B.S., Stewart W.F., Simon D., et al. Epidemiology of tension-type headache. Journal of the American Medical Association 279 (1998) 381-383
17. Shah J.P., Phillips T.M., Danoff J.V., and Gerber L.H. An in vitro microanalytical technique for measuring the local biochemical milieu of human skeletal muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology 99 (2005) 1977-1984
18. Simons DG, Travell J, Simons LS. Myofascial pain and dysfunction: the trigger point manual: vol. 1, 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1999.