Stephen D Silberstein, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Published online: September 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000180.pub2
Headache is described as a throbbing, pulsating or dull ache, often worsened by movement and varying in intensity. Headache can be a disorder unto itself, such as migraine, or a symptom of another disorder ranging from a head injury to a brain tumour.
Keywords: migraine; headache; cluster headache; tension-type headache; chronic daily headache
| Further Reading | |
| book Adams RD and Victor M (1989) Principles of Neurology. New York: McGraw-Hill. | |
| book Bakal DA (1982) The Psychobiology of Chronic Headache. New York: Springer. | |
| Bigal M and Lipton RB (2005) Tension-type headache: classification and diagnosis. Current Pain and Headache Reports 9: 423–429. | |
| Goadsby PJ and Lipton RB (1997) A review of paroxysmal hemicranias, SUNCT syndrome, and other short-lasting headaches with autonomic features, including new cases. Brain 120: 193–209. | |
| Headache Classification Committee, Olesen J, Bousser MG et al. (2006) New appendix criteria open for a broader concept of chronic migraine. Cephalalgia 26: 742–746. | |
| book Holroyd KA, Martin PR and Nash JM (2006) "Psychological treatments of tension-type headaches". In: Olesen J, Goadsby PJ, Ramadan N, Tfelt-Hansen P and Welch KMA (eds) The Headaches, pp. 711–720. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. | |
| Holroyd KA and Penzien DB (1986) Client variables and behavioral treatment of recurrent tension headaches: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 9: 515–536. | |
| Iversen HD, Langemark M, Aandersson PG, Hansen PE and Olesen J (1990) Clinical characteristics of migraine and episodic tension-type headache in relation to old and new diagnostic criteria. Headache 30: 514–519. | |
| Leone M, Franzini A, Broggi G and Bousson G (2006) Hypothalamic stimulation for intractable cluster headache: long-term experience. Neurology 67: 150–152. | |
| Lipton RB and Silberstein SD (1994) Why study the comorbidity of migraine? Neurology 44: 4–5. | |
| Lipton RB and Stewart WF (1993) Migraine in the United States: epidemiology and healthcare utilization. Neurology 43: 6–10. | |
| book Lyons A and Petrucelli RJ (1978) Medicine: An Illustrated History. New York: Harry N. Abrams. | |
| Marcus DA (1992) Migraine and tension-type headaches: the questionable validity of current classification systems. Clinical Journal of Pain 8(1): 28–36. | |
| book McHenry LC (1969) Garrison's History of Neurology. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. | |
| Messinger HB, Spierings ELH and Vincent AJP (1991) Overlap of migraine and tension-type headache in the International Headache Society classification. Cephalalgia 11: 233–237. | |
| Nebe J, Heier M and Diener HC (1995) Low-dose ibuprofen in selfmedication of mild to moderate headache: a comparison with acetylsalicylic acid and placebo. Cephalalgia 15: 531–535. | |
| book Olesen J (1988) "Clinical characterization of tension headache". In: Olesen J and Edvinsson L (eds) Basic Mechanisms of Headache, pp. 9–14. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| Patterson SM and Silberstein SD (1993) Sometimes Jello helps: perceptions of headache etiology, triggers and treatment in literature. Headache 33: 76–81. | |
| Peres MFP, Silberstein SD, Nahmias S et al. (2001) Hemicrania continua is not that rare. Neurology 57: 948–951. | |
| Pfaffenrath V and Isler H (1993) Evaluation of the nosology of chronic tension-type headache. Cephalalgia 13: 60–62. | |
| book Raskin NH (1998) Headache. New York: Churchill Livingstone. | |
| Rassmussen BK, Jensen R, Schroll M and Olesen J (1991) Epidemiology of headache in a general population – a prevalence study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 44: 1147–1157. | |
| book Saper JR (1983) Headache Disorders: Current Concepts in Treatment Strategies. Littleton, MA: Wright–PSG. | |
| Saper JR (1986) Changing perspectives of chronic headache. Clinical Journal of Pain 2: 19–28. | |
| book Saper JR, Silberstein SD, Gordon CD and Hamel RL (1999) Handbook of Headache Management, 2nd edn. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. | |
| Schiffman E, Haley D, Backer C and Lindgren B (1995) Diagnostic criteria for screening headache patients for temporomandibular disorders. Headache 35: 121–124. | |
| Silberstein SD (1995) Migraine symptoms: results of a survey of selfreported migraineurs. Headache 35: 387–396. | |
| Silberstein SD, Lipton RB and Sliwinski M (1996) Classification of daily and near-daily headaches: field trial of revised IHS criteria. Neurology 47: 871–875. | |
| other Silberstein SD (2005) Transformed and chronic migraine. In: Goadsby PJ, Silberstein SD and Dodick DW (eds) Chronic Daily Headache for Clinicians, pp. 21–56. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker, Inc. | |
| Silberstein SD (2004) Migraine. Lancet 9406: 381–391. | |
| Solomon S, Lipton RB and Newman LC (1992) Evaluation of chronic daily headache – comparison to criteria for chronic tension-type headache. Cephalalgia 12: 365–368. | |
| Stewart WF, Lipton RB, Celentano DD and Reed ML (1992) Prevalence of migraine in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 267: 64–69. | |
| book Waters WE (1988) Series in Clinical Epidemiology: Headache. Littleton, MA: PSG Publishing Co. | |
| book Ziegler DK and Friedman AP (1993) "Intermittent or paroxysmal disorders, migraine". In: Rowland LP (ed.) Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, pp. 773–780. New York: McGraw-Hill. | |
Copyright © 2000-2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., or related companies. All rights reserved.
