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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of real-time AH (n = 75) compared with simulated AH

From: Simulated airplane headache: a proxy towards identification of underlying mechanisms

Characteristics

Real-time AH [6]

Simulated AH

Number of subjects

75

7

Onset of AH

Mainly at landing

Descending phase

Duration of AH

10-30 min

26 mina

Intensity of pain

8.8/10

6.1/10a

Quality of pain

Stabbing, pulsating

Stabbing, pulsating

Localization

Fronto-orbital, unilateral

Fronto-orbital, unilateral

  1. aMean calculations of all the subjects in the AH-group (n = 7)