Tension-Type Headache

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-535

  Bendtsen, Lars ^a   Jensen, Rigmor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disability; Mechanisms; Tension type headache; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CAFFEINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NAPROXEN; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TIZANIDINE; TRANQUILIZER; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SIDE EFFECT; TENSION HEADACHE; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849150524     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2008.11.010     Document Type: Review

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