The aim was to assess the relative frequency of migraine and the headache characteristics of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) sufferers. CRPS and migraine are chronic, often disabling pain syndromes. Recent studies suggest that headache is associated with the development of CRPS. Consecutive adults fulfilling International Association for the Study of Pain criteria for CRPS at a pain clini...

BACKGROUND The evaluation of possible differences in the distribution or characteristics of palpation-induced pain in the masticatory muscles could be valuable in terms of diagnostic assessment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of different combinations of anterior temporalis (AT) and masseter palpation-induced pain in the diagnostic of temporomandibular disorder (TMD), primary ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the presence of trigger points (TrPs) in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture (FHP) in subjects with chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) and in healthy subjects, and to evaluate the relationship of TrPs and FHP with headache intensity, duration, and frequency. BACKGROUND Tension-type headache (TTH) is a prototypical headache in which myofascial TrPs in the ce...

BACKGROUND In recent years, the use of the fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering techniques in medical diagnosis has steadily increased, because of its effectiveness in recognizing systems in the medical database to help medical experts diagnosing diseases. However, its performance is highly dependent on the randomly initialized cluster centroids which may allow the diagnosis to be trapped into the pr...

how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, haji rezaei m. causes and associated factors of headaches among 5 to 15-year-old children referred to a neurology clinic in kashan, iran. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):71-75. abstract objective headaches are common neurologic problems for children and adolescents. they are divided into two types: primary and secondary. primary headaches i...

background programs to improve the pain and health status in illnesses with pain such as headache are still in their infancy. mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) is a new psychotherapy that appears to be effective in treating chronic pain. objectives this study evaluated efficacy of mbsr in improving pain severity and mindful awareness in patients with tension headache. conclusions mbsr c...

BACKGROUND Headache is one of the most common medical complaints reported by individuals suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), but limited and conflicting data exist regarding their prevalence, prototypical characteristics, and relationship to HIV disease variables in the current era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). OBJEC...

DafA is encoded by the dnaK operon of Thermus thermophilus and mediates the formation of a highly stable complex between the chaperone DnaK and its co-chaperone DnaJ under normal growth conditions. DafA(Tth) contains 87 amino acid residues and is the only member of the DnaK(Tth) chaperone system for which no corresponding protein has yet been identified in other organisms and whose particular f...

Background: Tension-type headache (TTH), the most frequently occurring primary is associated with autonomic dysfunction. Time domain analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) a popular tool to detect changes in cardiac nerve function (CANF) TTH patients. Slow breathing exercise (SBE) can significantly improve HRV patients cardiovascular disorders. Objective: To observe effect SBE on by time fema...