Reduced neck-shoulder muscle strength and aerobic power together with increased pericranial tenderness are associated with tension-type headache in girls: A case-control study.

Summary, in English

Tension-type headaches (TTH) are common among children worldwide and mean a potential risk of disability and medication overuse headache. The associated mechanisms, however, remain unsolved. Our study investigated muscle strength in the neck-shoulder region, aerobic power and pericranial tenderness in girls with TTH compared with healthy controls.

• Author: Birte Tornöe; Lars L Andersen; Jørgen H Skotte; Rigmor Jensen; Gunvor Gard; Liselotte Skov; Inger Hallström
• Department/s: Child and Family Health; Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 540-547
• Publication/Series: Cephalalgia
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 7
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24351277?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0333102413515341
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Topic: Pediatrics; Physiotherapy
• Status: Published
• Research group: Child and Family Health; Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0333-1024