Central pain modulation and scalp tenderness in frequent episodic tension-type headache

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-383

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Knudsen, Lone ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold pressor test; Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Pressure pain threshold; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; WATER IMMERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SCALP; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952262929     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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