Pediatric and Adolescent Headache and Obesity

We evaluate personality traits, anxiety and depression in a population of paediatric and adolescent patients, correlating personality characteristics with headache and sociodemographic variables. The clinical features of headache include specific personality traits. We report a clinical study of 57 patients (age 8–18 years), divided up as follows: 12 migraine with aura, 29 migraine without aura and 16 tension-type headache. One of Cattel's tests was administered to every patient; the Children's Depression Inventory test was administered to 53 patients and the Test Anxiety Inventory test to 43 subjects. The scores obtained by every patient in each test were correlated with the characteristics of headache and with sociodemographic data. We found that patients affected by idiopathic headache share some personality traits, mainly emotional rigidity and tendency to repress anger and aggression. These traits do not seem to be correlated with sociodemographic data and the duration of headache: we considered these as characteristic of migrainous patients.

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Goal frustration, coping and well-being in the context of adolescent headache: A self-regulation approach

European Journal of Pain ◽

10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.11.012 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 977-984 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Emma K. Massey ◽

Nadia Garnefski ◽

Winifred A. Gebhardt

Keyword(s):

Self Regulation ◽

Well Being ◽

Adolescent Headache ◽

Regulation Approach

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Force production and EMG activity of neck muscles in adolescent headache

Disability and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1080/09638280701265430 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 231-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Airi Oksanen ◽

Tapani Pöyhönen ◽

Jari J. Ylinen ◽

Liisa Metsähonkala ◽

Pirjo Anttila ◽

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Keyword(s):

Force Production ◽

Neck Muscles ◽

Emg Activity ◽

Adolescent Headache

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Relaxation Treatment of Adolescent Headache Sufferers: Results From a School‐Based Replication Series

Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain ◽

10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05138.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 692-704 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Bo Larsson ◽

Jane Carlsson ◽

Åsa Fichtel ◽

Lennart Melin

Keyword(s):

School Based ◽

Adolescent Headache

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Nerve blocks in paediatric and adolescent headache disorders

Current Opinion in Pediatrics ◽

10.1097/mop.0000000000000687 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 780-785 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kristen Lambrinakos-Raymond ◽

Alexander Sasha Dubrovsky

Keyword(s):

Headache Disorders ◽

Nerve Blocks ◽

Adolescent Headache

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Teaching Course IV: Paediatric and Adolescent Headache

Cephalalgia ◽

10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00004.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 254-258

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Headache

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Repeated Measures of Recent Headache, Neck and Upper Back Pain in Australian Adolescents

Cephalalgia ◽

10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01120.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 26 (7) ◽

pp. 843-851 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

K Grimmer ◽

L Nyland ◽

S Milanese

Keyword(s):

Back Pain ◽

Neck Pain ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Bodily Pain ◽

Thoracic Pain ◽

Secondary Schooling ◽

Clinical Literature ◽

Biomechanical Responses ◽

Upper Thoracic ◽

Adolescent Headache

The epidemiological and clinical literature identifies strong associations between adult headache, cervical and thoracic spine dysfunction and spinal posture. This paper reports on the prevalence and incidence of headache, neck and upper back pain which occurred in the previous week, in urban Australians aged 13–17 years. Commencing in 1999, we followed a cohort of South Australian students through 5 years of secondary schooling. Of our commencing cohort of students, 132 (30±) provided data on bodily pain every year. For both girls and boys, there was a significantly decreasing prevalence of headache over the study period, while neck pain and upper back pain increased. There was a significantly increasing trend over time for boys with upper back pain. Twenty percent of girls and boys consistently reported headache, neck pain or upper back pain over 5 years. The progression of early adolescent headaches to mid-adolescent neck and upper back pain potentially reflects the adolescents’ biomechanical responses to intrinsic and extrinsic imposts. This requires further investigation to understand the causes of adolescent headache, neck and upper thoracic pain.

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