Association of cross-sectional area of the rectus capitis posterior minor muscle with active trigger points in chronic tension-type headache: A pilot study

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   Cuadrado, María Luz ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Ge, Hong You ^b   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross Sectional Area; MRI; Suboccipital Muscles; Tension Type Headache; Trigger Points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MAJOR; RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MINOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIGGER POINT;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN, REFERRED; PILOT PROJECTS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 39749186616     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181619766     Document Type: Article

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