Only cervical vertebrae C0-C2, not C3 are relevant for subgrouping migraine patients according to manual palpation and pain provocation: secondary analysis of a cohort study

Only cervical vertebrae C0-C2, not C3 are relevant for subgrouping migraine patients according to manual palpation and pain provocation: secondary analysis of a cohort study

Abstract Background Subgrouping of migraine patients according to the pain response to manual palpation of the upper cervical spine has been recently described. Based on the neuroanatomy and the convergence of spinal and trigeminal nerves in the trigeminocervical complex, the cervical segments C1 to...

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Main Authors: Annika Schwarz, Kerstin Luedtke, Thomas Schöttker-Königer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Stratification
Migraine patients
Manual palpation
Cervical spine
Principal component analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05329-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05329-2

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