Pericranial tenderness is not related to nummular headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-186

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic tension type headache; Nummular headache; Pericranial tenderness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUMMULAR HEADACHE; PERICRANIAL TENDERNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 33846556845     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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