Myofascial trigger points, neck mobility and forward head posture in unilateral migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1061-1070

  Fernandez De Las Penas C ^a   Cuadrado, M L ^a   Pareja, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forward head posture; Migraine; Myofascial trigger points; Neck mobility; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33746867446     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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