Myofascial trigger points and their relationship to headache clinical parameters in chronic tension-type headache

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1264-1272

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward head posture; Myofascial trigger points; Sternocleidomastoid muscle; Temporalis muscle; Tension type headache; Trigeminal nucleus caudalis; Upper trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; PALPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGGER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK MUSCLES; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 33747608172     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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