title: Headache in patients with neck-shoulder-arm pain of cervical radicular origin.
abstract: In a series of 81 patients with chronic cervicobrachialgia, 54 (67%) reported that they also suffered from recurrent headache. Forty-four (81%) of these patients were classified as having cervical headache, 5 as having migraine, 2 with tension-type headache, and 3 patients were not classifiable according to the diagnostic system of the International Headache Society (IHS). Patients with headache presented significantly higher tenderness scores and pain intensity in the neck-shoulder-arm region than patients without headaches. Twenty-three (52%) of the 44 patients with cervical headache reported that their headache had improved after treatments directed towards their cervicobrachialgia. The IHS classification system of cervical headache is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Lund University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Carlsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D051298:Post-Traumatic Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology