Insufficient Sleep in Tension-Type Headache: A Population Study

Migraine and tension-type headache triggers in a Greek population.

Migraine and tension type headache are the two most common primary headaches. The purpose of this study was to detect differences in clinical characteristics and headache triggers and in a Greek cohort of 51 migraineurs and 12 patients with tension-type headache. (TTH) Migraine patients had a significantly lower age at headache onset and frequency, higher mean visual analogue scale (VAS) and gr...

Sleep disturbances in tension-type headache and migraine

Current research into the pathogenesis of tension-type headache (TTH) and migraine is focused on altered nociceptive pain processing. Among the potential factors that influence sensitization mechanisms, emotional stress, depression, or sleep disorders all have an essential role: they increase the excitability of nociceptive firing and trigger hyperalgesic responses. Sleep disturbances and heada...

The headache-sleep study: Sleep and pain thresholds in healthy controls and patients with migraine and tension type headache

Insufficient sleep--a population-based study in adults.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Insufficient sleep (sleep deprivation) is a common problem of considerable health, social, and economical impact. We assessed its prevalence and associations, and the role of genetic influences. DESIGN Panel study based on questionnaires administered in 1981 and 1990. SETTING/PATIENTS 12.423 subjects aged 33-60 years included in the Finnish Twin Cohort, representative of th...

Tension-type headache.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides an update on the appropriate diagnosis and evaluation of patients with tension-type headache, with reviews of the latest concepts regarding pathogenesis and the evidence-based recommendations for management of this disorder. RECENT FINDINGS Pericranial myofascial mechanisms are probably of importance in episodic tension-type headache, whereas sensitizat...