title: [On the problem of post-traumatic headache].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kopfschmerzambulanz, Neurologischen Universitätsklinik, Wien.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wessely
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Holzner
mesh_terms: D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Zur Frage posttraumatischer Kopfschmerzen.