Cervicogenic headache caused by myofascial trigger points in the sternocleidomastoid: A case report

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-380

  Roth, J K ^a   Roth, R S ^b   Weintraub, J R ^a   Simons, D G ^c  

^a Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; INDOMETACIN; ISOMETHEPTENE MUCATE; MAGNESIUM; PARACETAMOL; QUETIAPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALDECOXIB; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK MUSCLES; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE;

EID: 33947221069     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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