The Journal of Headache and Pain is the official journal of the European Headache Federation and Lifting The Burden.
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Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:289
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Neurophysiological assessment of craniofacial pain
This review deals with the diagnostic usefulness of neurophysiological testing in patients with craniofacial pain.
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Abstracts
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High prolactin levels as a worsening factor for migraine
Many factors should be considered when an episodic migraine worsens and becomes chronic. Prolactin (PRL) was linked to the origin of pain in patients with microprolactinomas who developed different types of he...
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Whiplash in individuals with known pre–accident, clinical neck status
In whiplash studies, there may be interpretation difficulties: are post–whiplash findings, when present, a consequence of the whiplash trauma, or did they exist prior to trauma? In the Vågå headache epidemiolo...
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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension with pituitary adenoma
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is an unusual syndrome that is characterised by positional headache, neck rigidity, nausea and vomiting. The characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings ...
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Editor–in–Chief’s 2006 Report
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News
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A review of perinatal acute pain: treating perinatal pain to reduce adult chronic pain
Changes in neural connections and activity after an acute insult are hypothesised to contribute to chronic pain syndromes in mature experimental animals and humans. Over the last decade, studies have suggested...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:267 -
Value of postmarketing surveillance studies in achieving a complete picture of antimigraine agents: using almotriptan as an example
Randomised controlled trials cannot collect all the data relevant for use in everyday clinical practice because drug exposure is limited, endpoints are restricted and some patient populations are excluded. Pos...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2006 7:266 -
Reliability of pain threshold measurement in young adults
The objective was to examine reliability of pressure and thermal (cold) pain threshold assessment in persons less than 25 years of age, using intra–class correlation (ICC) and coefficients of repeatability and...
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Headache in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effects of chronic hypoxaemia
The frequency and characteristics of headache in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not clear and there are only a few studies that have assessed the relationship between chronic hy...
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Thyroid dysfunction and headache
An observational study of thyroid function tests performed in patients with headache prior to referral to a neurological clinic found no headache cases attributable to either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism....
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A case of short–lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT). Discussion of clinical features and differential diagnosis
Chronic short–lasting headaches, in which trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) are included, are relatively rare syndromes and not always well recognised. We present a case highly suggestive of short–lasti...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:261 -
Posterior headache as a warning symptom of vertebral dissection: a case report
Cervicocerebral arterial dissection is an important cause of stroke in young adults; the onset is often characterised by severe occipital headache, followed by nausea, vomiting and vertigo, mimicking a migrain...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:259 -
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: case report
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a well defined entity, however it is characterised by a relevant clinical heterogeneity. The main feature is orthostatic headache, often accompanied by other symptoms. T...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:258 -
The transient syndrome of headache with neurological deficits, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and acute confusional state: a case report
The syndrome of transient Headache and Neurological Deficits with cerebrospinal fluid Lymphocytosis (HaNDL) now referred to in the IHS ICHD–II code 7.8, is only infrequently accompanied by a confusional state ...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:257 -
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: correlation with headache disorders in a young woman
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is a rare inherited illness, which includes an autosomal dominant and also a recessive X–linked variant. Its main clinical characteristic is a generalised connective tissue involving col...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:256 -
A case of post–traumatic cervicogenic headache treated by cervical cord stimulation
The case of a 26–year–old woman suffering from cervical trauma with disc herniation presenting with arm and neck pain is presented. She underwent cervical discectomy with fusion because the pain did not improv...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:255 -
Relapsing–remitting painful ophthalmoplegia due to orbital myositis
We describe a woman with a long history of relapsing-remitting painful ophthalmoplegia in a seasonal pattern, due to an isolated orbital myositis that was—at our observation–classified in the context of the so...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:254 -
Tension–type headache in 40–year-olds: a Danish population–based sample of 4000
The aim of this study was to evaluate the one–year prevalence of tension–type headache in the general population. Three thousand men and one thousand women aged 40 years from the Danish population were include...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:253 -
The global burden of migraine: measuring disability in headache disorders with WHO's Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
This overview of the published epidemiological evidence of migraine helps to identify the size of the public–health problem that migraine represents. It also highlights the need for further epidemiological stu...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:252 -
Combination of tizanidine and amitriptyline in the prophylaxis of chronic tension–type headache: evaluation of efficacy and impact on quality of life
Chronic tension type headache (CTTH) has a strong impact on the Quality Of Life (QOL). We carried out an open–label randomized clinical trial on 18 patients with CTTH in order to compare two different regimens...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 7:251 -
Concepts leading to the definition of the term cervicogenic headache: a historical overview
The idea that headache may originate from a problem at the neck or cervical spine level has fascinated and stimulated researchers for centuries. Contributions and reports seeking to clarify this issue have mul...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:250 -
The Italian Society For The Study of Headaches, Announces The International Greppi—Sicuteri Award 2006
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News
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Clinical efficacy of rizatriptan for patients with migraine: efficacy of drug therapy for migraine accompanied by tension headache–like symptoms, focusing on neck stiffness
According to an epidemiological study in Japan, there are as many as 22 million patients with tension headache and 8.4 million with migraine. Furthermore, patients suffering from both types of headache concurr...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:249 -
Topo–kinesthetic memory in chronic headaches. A new test for chronic patients: preliminary report
The objective of this study was to establish if chronic headaches with medication overuse can modify a topo–kinesthetic memory test. Nineteen patients with medication overuse headache (MOH), 13 patients with c...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:248 -
A case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension with typical magnetic resonance images
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare syndrome defined by postural headache, associated with a low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, without history of previous dural trauma or invasive treatment on...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 7:247 -
SUNCT: a new case with some unusual features
A healthy 22–year–old man complained of primary stabbing headache (PSH) for about two months. The headache recurred after one year and after a month the pain took on the characteristics of short–lasting unilat...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:246 -
The circadian clock in mammals
The basic physiological and anatomical basis for circadian rhythms in mammalian behaviour and physiology is introduced. The pathways involved in photic entrainment of the circadian clock are discussed in relat...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:242 -
Lifting The Burden: The Global Campaign to Reduce the Burden of Headache Worldwide
Lifting The Burden envisions a future world in which headache disorders are recognized everywhere as real, disabling and deserving of medical care to which all who need it have access without artificial barriers.
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:241 -
Anger and emotional distress in patients with migraine and tension–type headache
The objective was to evaluate the prevalence and the characteristics of anger and emotional distress in migraine and tension– type headache patients. Two hundred and one headache patients attending the Headach...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:240 -
Clinic–based study of family history of vascular risk factors and migraine
The objective was to evaluate the presence of a positive family history (FH) of vascular risk factors between patients with migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO), and in chronic migraine (CM) com...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:239 -
"The Headache Week": a useful tool to highlight "invisible" migraineurs
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:238 -
Treatment satisfaction with zolmitriptan nasal spray for migraine in a real life setting: results from phase two of the REALIZE study
In phase one of the REALIZE study, zolmitriptan nasal spray demonstrated a significant headache response from 10 min post–dose and total symptom relief from 30 min post–dose. The objective of phase two was to ...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:237 -
Migraine aura without headache compared to migraine with aura in patients with affective disorders
The characteristics of psychiatric comorbidity in migraine have been studied in migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO). Little information is available concerning patients with migraine aura wi...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:236 -
Diagnostic lumbar puncture. Comparative study between 22–gauge pencil point and sharp bevel needle
Post–lumbar puncture headache is a frequent clinical problem. Needle design is expected to reduce post–puncture headache. In this study, we compared two different lumbar puncture needle designs in diagnostic l...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:235 -
Warfarin as a therapeutic option in the control of chronic cluster headache: a report of three cases
Chronic cluster headache remains refractory to medical therapy in at least 30% of those who suffer from this condition. The lack of alternative medical therapies that are as effective as, or more effective tha...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:234 -
Effect of preventive treatment on health–related quality of life in episodic migraine
The purpose of our study was to prospectively evaluate the impact of preventive drug treatment on the quality of life of patients with episodic migraine (EM). Quality of life evaluations can enhance traditiona...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:233 -
Guidelines for the management of headache in primary care: are they being used?
The uptake of guidelines for the management of headache in primary care was assessed using surrogate measures in patients with headache referred to secondary care (number of prior general practitioner attendan...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:232 -
Pharmacokinetics of sumatriptan in non-respondent and in adverse drug reaction reporting migraine patients
Sumatriptan is a selective agonist of 5HT1 (1B/1D) receptors, which has proved to be effective and safe for the acute treatment of migraine attacks. Nevertheless, its use by migraine sufferers is still limited...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:220 -
Continuity of healthcare for headache patients: a problem of communication between headache specialists and general practitioners
The continuous care of headache patients, from headache centres to general practice, is a managerial problem that is still unsolved in Italy. In fact, if on the one hand patients do not usually go to headache ...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:217 -
Nontraumatic headache in the Emergency Department: a survey in the province of Trieste
The objective was to study the demographics, diagnostic procedures and therapies employed in order to provide guidelines to Emergency Department (ED) physicians. A six–month retrospective analysis of the recor...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:213 -
Indications for the diagnosis and treatment of acute headaches correlated with neurological pathologies
The majority of patients consulting a doctor for headache are generally suffering from a primary headache. Nevertheless, the possibility of it being symptomatic, and sometimes life threatening, must always be ...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:211 -
Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
Recent investigations documented that the prevalence of right–to–left shunt (RLS) in patients with migraine with aura (MA) is significantly higher than in healthy controls and similar to prevalence of RLS in y...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:197 -
Tertiary treatment for psychiatric comorbidity in headache patients
The presence of significant and confounding psychiatric comorbidity is greater in patients attending headache clinics than in headache patients from the general population. The frequent comorbidity of headache...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:193 -
Patients with headache and functional dyspepsia present meal–induced hypersensitivity of the stomach
Headache is a frequent feature of functional gastrointestinal disorders but there is no data on the responsible pathophysiological mechanism. The aim of this study was to verify whether alteration of post–pran...
Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2005 6:191 -
Chronic headaches: from research to clinical practice
Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a heterogeneous group of headaches that includes primary and secondary varieties. Primary CDH is a frequent entity that probably affects 4–5% of the population. It can be subdiv...
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