Headache after trauma: Physiological considerations

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-473

  Láinez, Miguel J A ^a   Pesquera, Begoña López ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Chronic headache; Comorbidity; Concussion; Head injury; Head trauma; Management; Migraine; Pathophysiology; Postconcussion disorder; Postconcussion syndrome; Posttraumatic headache; Tension type headache; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; EXERCISE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MIGRAINE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIAL OPTIC NEUROTOMY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PAIN; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE;

EID: 81155152531     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0220-4     Document Type: Review

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