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Myofascial trigger points in cluster headache patients: a case series

Overview of attention for article published in Head & Face Medicine, December 2008
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Title
Myofascial trigger points in cluster headache patients: a case series
Published in
Head & Face Medicine, December 2008
DOI 10.1186/1746-160x-4-32
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Elena P Calandre, Javier Hidalgo, Juan M Garcia-Leiva, Fernando Rico-Villademoros, Antonia Delgado-Rodriguez

Abstract

Active myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) have been found to contribute to chronic tension-type headache and migraine. The purpose of this case series was to examine if active trigger points (TrPs) provoking cluster-type referred pain could be found in cluster headache patients and, if so, to evaluate the effectiveness of active TrPs anaesthetic injections both in the acute and preventive headache's treatment. Twelve patients, 4 experiencing episodic and 8 chronic cluster headache, were studied. TrPs were found in all of them. Abortive infiltrations could be done in 2 episodic and 4 chronic patients, and preemptive infiltrations could be done in 2 episodic and 5 chronic patients, both kind of interventions being successful in 5 (83.3%) and in 6 (85.7%) of the cases respectively. When combined with prophylactic drug therapy, injections were associated with significant improvement in 7 of the 8 chronic cluster patients. Our data suggest that peripheral sensitization may play a role in cluster headache pathophysiology and that first neuron afferent blockade can be useful in cluster headache management.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 1%
Netherlands 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 64 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 15%
Researcher 9 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 12%
Other 7 10%
Student > Bachelor 6 9%
Other 14 21%
Unknown 13 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 37 55%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Neuroscience 3 4%
Physics and Astronomy 2 3%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 14 21%
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#1,828,058
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#5
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#1
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