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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]
Overview
Tension type headache may have following examination findings: Increased pericranial muscle (head, neck or shoulders) and myofascial tissue tenderness on manual palpation. Increased number of myofacial trigger points: frontal, temporal, masseter, ptrygoid, sternocleidomastoid, splenius, and trapezius mucles.
Physical examination
- Tension type headache may have following examination findings:
References
- ↑ Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA (September 2006). "Myofascial trigger points and their relationship to headache clinical parameters in chronic tension-type headache". Headache. 46 (8): 1264–72. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00440.x. PMID 16942471.
- ↑ Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA (March 2006). "Trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in tension-type headache". Headache. 46 (3): 454–60. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00288.x. PMID 16618263.
- ↑ Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C, Cuadrado ML, Pareja JA (May 2007). "Myofascial trigger points, neck mobility, and forward head posture in episodic tension-type headache". Headache. 47 (5): 662–72. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00632.x. PMID 17501847.