Stretch reflex and pressure pain thresholds in chronic tension-type headache patients and healthy controls

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 556-565

  Peddireddy, A ^a   Wang, K ^a,b   Svensson, P ^c   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic tension type headache; EMG; Gender differences; Jaw stretch reflex; Pressure pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; SEX FACTORS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 63849209934     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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