Patients with chronic tension-type headache demonstrate increased mechano-sensitivity of the supra-orbital nerve

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 570-577

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   Coppieters, Michel W ^b   Cuadrado, María Luz ^a   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Mechanical hypersensitivity; Peripheral sensitization; Supra orbital nerve; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 41549113375     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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