Sport- and exercise-related headaches have been recognized over the last 20 years, but their prevalence is unknown. A nine-page questionnaire was used to study the prevalence of sports headaches among two contrasting populations of Otago University students: medical students (n = 178) and physical education students (n = 190). Both populations had a similar response rate of approximately 80%. I...

Headache is a common symptom caused by a wide variety of diseases. Primary headaches include migraine, cluster headache, tension-type headache, and other less common diseases. It is important to differentiate these headaches from secondary headaches caused by vascular, neoplastic, infectious, metabolic, or toxic disorders. Most primary headaches have a genetic basis, with environmental factors ...

Headaches are a common adverse effect of fluoxetine therapy. A patient who developed vascular headaches while being treated for depression is reported and possible mechanisms discussed.

Chronic, recurrent headache commonly follows head injury, and interestingly, it is seen more often in individuals who have experienced minor head trauma than in those more seriously injured. I will describe subtypes and behavioral treatments of the post-traumatic headache. One must realize, however, that headache is only one of a number of symptoms that commonly follow head injury. While it may...

Tension headaches are routinely seen in biofeedback practices either as a primary concern or as part of as constellation of symptoms. As common as they are, there are several different types of psychological issues the practitioner should consider. This paper focuses on psychological issues commonly seen that may affect or prevent successful treatment. This paper is not intended to be exhaustiv...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides an overview of the differences in epidemiology, presentation, and treatment of pediatric headache compared to adult headache. NEW FINDINGS New proposals are presented regarding the classification of pediatric migraine and ophthalmoplegic migraine. The distinction between basilar migraine and migraine with aura is reconsidered. SUMMARY Pediatric headac...

Neuroimaging in Migraine Metric-Based Pain Care Contemporary Physical Therapy Primary headaches represent a major burden, not only to patients but also to national health care systems in terms of socioeconomic consequences. Migraine incurs yearly costs of up to US$20 billion in the United States and up to US$27 billion in Europe. Patients with chronic primary headache have even greater impairme...