Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Subjects
Parameters | Measurements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chronic | Acute | Control | ||
Gender (female/male) | 15/12 | 19/8 | 15/12 | |
Age (years) (mean ± SD)a | 13.5 ± 3.1 | 14.2 ± 2.4 | 13.4 ± 3.2 | |
Handedness (right/left) | 24/3 | 24/3 | 24/3 | |
Frequency of headache per month (mean ± SD) | 20.3 ± 7.3 | 7.5 ± 3.6 | 0 | |
Years of suffering from migraine (mean ± SD) | 5.9 ± 4.1 | 3.8 ± 2.7 | 0 | |
Duration of headache (hours) (mean ± SD) | 9.1 ± 12.3 | 9.0 ± 4.6 | 0 | |
Severity of headache (on scale: 0 ~ 10) (mean ± SD) | 6.0 ± 1.9 | 6.5 ± 2.6 | 0 | |
Pain type (Number of subjects; Multiple descriptions were allowed) | Throbbing | 21 | 17 | 0 |
Pressure | 16 | 13 | 0 | |
Constant | 12 | 6 | 0 | |
Sharp | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Squeezing | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
Stabbing | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
Others | 1 | 2 | 0 | |