Posttraumatic headache: A review

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Seifert, Tad D ^a   Evans, Randolph W ^b  

^a Norton Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat related headache; Postconcussion syndrome; Posttraumatic headache; Sports related headache; Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; ERGOTAMINE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID;

BATTLE INJURY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LIQUORRHEA; MIGRAINE; NEURALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PROGNOSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SPORT INJURY; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956392794     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-010-0117-7     Document Type: Review

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