Pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical region in headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of headache and pain Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 9 - 15
• Main Authors: Castien, René F., van der Wouden, Johannes C., De Hertogh, Willem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 26.01.2018; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Algometry; Case-control; Case-Control Studies; Evidence-based medicine; Headache; Headaches; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Migraine; Migraine Disorders - diagnosis; Migraine Disorders - physiopathology; Migraine Disorders - psychology; Neurology; Pain; Pain Measurement - methods; Pain Medicine; Pain Threshold - physiology; Pain Threshold - psychology; Post-Traumatic Headache - diagnosis; Post-Traumatic Headache - physiopathology; Post-Traumatic Headache - psychology; Pressure; Pressure - adverse effects; Review; Review Article; Sensitization; Standardization; Systematic review; Tension-Type Headache - diagnosis; Tension-Type Headache - physiopathology; Tension-Type Headache - psychology; Trapezius; Trapezius muscle; Vertebrae; Trapezius; Headache; Algometry; Sensitization; Case-control

Background Sensitivity of tissues can be measured by algometry. Decreased pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical area are supposed to reflect signs of sensitization of the trigemino-cervical nucleus caudalis. A systematic review was conducted to assess the current scientific literature de...