[On the problem of post-traumatic headache].
Posttraumatic headache is a general term for pain localized in the head or neck, occurring after head trauma and of varied aetiology and pathogenesis. In many cases one only finds a time-dependent relation to trauma, but no causal one. There is no uniform, typical "posttraumatic headache". The headaches are commonly caused by injury to scalp, cervical spine and intracranial structures. A reciprocal influence exists between these functionally disturbed structures and a relation to psychogenic factors, which are essential co-factors. Usually it is difficult to decide whether posttraumatic headaches are exclusively caused by organic or psychogenic factors. Probably both factors are involved to an individually different degree.
Wessely
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Kopfschmerzambulanz, Neurologischen Universitätsklinik, Wien.
Holzner
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D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
Zur Frage posttraumatischer Kopfschmerzen.