The physical examination of migraine

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 350-354

  Sorrell, Michael R ^a  

^a Springfield Neurology Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ERGOTAMINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SUBSTANCE P;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERY DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE PAIN; FIBROMYALGIA; HEAD POSITION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MIGRAINE AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESSURE SENSATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUPIL REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TENSION HEADACHE; TINNITUS; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TRIGGER POINT;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 33749153629     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-006-0059-2     Document Type: Review

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