title: Neck pain and associated head pain: persistent neck complaint with subsequent, transient, posterior headache.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  During the Vågå headache epidemiology study, there were indications that various types of work, such as carpentry and hairdressing, frequently seemed to be linked to a combination of neckache and headache.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A post hoc study was conducted among 1838, 18- to 65-year-old Vågå citizens, looking for patients with combined neck/headache.
  
  
  METHODS
  Face-to-face interview was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Combined neckache and headache were detected in 121 (6.6%) individuals. The bilateral headache originated in the neck; it was mild/moderate, symptom-poor, and frequently provoked by awkward neck positions. No such headache occurred without a neckache. Headache in this group of patients resembles tractor drivers' headache, except for the provoking factor itself.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This headache is not listed in headache classification systems/textbooks on headache. This headache must be distinguished from the unilateral cervicogenic headache proper because of the different treatment perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. tora.rui@ntnu.no
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sjaastad
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Bakketeig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019416:Head Movements; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009664:Norway; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011187:Posture; D012307:Risk Factors