Biochemistry of Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Tension-Type Headaches Flemming W. Bach Michel D. Ferrari The literature on biochemistry in tension-type headache (TTH) is characterized by the pursuit of a…
Psychological Mechanisms of Tension-Type Headaches Frank Andrasik David A. Wittrock Jan Passchier Tension-type headache (TTH) can be conceptualized within the framework of Gate Control Theory (25) and its recent extension,…
Temporomandibular Disorders and Tension-Type Headache Sleven B. Graff Radford INTRODUCTION Can headache originate from the masticatory system and associated structures including the dentition? According to the dental literature, this is…
Hemodynamics and Muscle Metabolism of Tension-Type Headaches Messoud Ashina Michael Langemark In spite of considerable progress in tension-type headache research in recent years (2), the origin of pain in this…
Neurophysiology of Tension-Type Headaches Jean Schoenen Lars Bendtsen Various neurophysiologic methods have been used in patients with tension-type headache. By far, the most frequent reports have dealt with electromyographic (EMG)…
Sensitization of Myofascial Pain Pathways in Tension-Type Headaches Lars Bendtsen Rolf Detlef Treede Recent studies on tension-type headache indicate that the nociceptive input to the central nervous system may be…
Human Studies of Experimental Pain From Muscle Peter Svensson Messoud Ashina Experimental pain studies in healthy subjects and patients with well-defined pain complaints represent one of many approaches to gaining…
Genetics of Tension-Type Headaches Michael Bjørn Russell Tension-type headache is classified as infrequent, frequent, and chronic types with or without pericranial tenderness (1). INFREQUENT EPISODIC TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE The lifetime prevalence…
Epidemiology of Tension-Type Headaches Rigmor Jensen David Symon The first edition of the International Classification of Headache Diagnosis (ICHD-I) (17) clearly defined tension-type headache (TTH) and distinguished between an episodic…
Tension-Type Headache: Introduction Jes Olesen K. Michael A. Welch Tension-type headaches (TTH) are extremely prevalent when mild and infrequent (6), but they can be frequent and severe, constituting a major…
