Myofascial trigger points, neck mobility, and forward head posture in episodic tension-type headache

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 662-672

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   Cuadrado, Maria L ^a   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forward head posture; Myofascial trigger points; Neck mobility; Sternocleidomastoid muscle; Temporalis muscle; Tension type headache; Upper trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; PALPATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK MUSCLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 34248357714     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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