Muscle pain in the head: Overlap between temporomandibular disorders and tension-type headaches

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-325

  Svensson, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetics; Myofascial pain; Pain mechanisms; Temporomandibular disorders; Tension type headaches

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 34248337983     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328136c1f9     Document Type: Review

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