Blink Reflex R2 Amplitudes in Cervicogenic Headache, Chronic Tension-Type Headache and Migraine

• Published in: Cephalalgia Vol. 26; no. 10; pp. 1186 - 1191
• Main Authors: Sand, T, Møll-Nilsen, B, Zwart, A J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2006; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Blink reflex; Blinking; cervicogenic headache; Electric Stimulation; Female; Functional Laterality; Headache - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; migraine; Migraine with Aura - physiopathology; Migraine without Aura - physiopathology; Ophthalmic Nerve - physiology; Post-Traumatic Headache - physiopathology; Tension-Type Headache - physiopathology; tension‐type headache; migraine; cervicogenic headache; Blink reflex; tension-type headache

Blink reflex R2 amplitude was investigated in seven patients with cervicogenic headache (CEH), 12 patients with chronic tension-type headache, 23 patients with migraine (10 with aura) and 17 headache-free controls. Standard electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve was applied and the respons...