Referred pain elicited by manual exploration of the lateral rectus muscle in chronic tension-type headache

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a   Cuadrado, Maria Luz ^a   Gerwin, Robert D ^b,c   Pareja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral rectus Muscle; Myofascial trigger points; Nociceptive Inputs; Referred pain; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; RECTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, REFERRED; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649120283     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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