Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches
(1) Background: Headache is a significant public health problem. Despite the association between headache and neck pain, little is known about the relationships among specific activities that generate neck pain and headache. The aim of this study was to identify the specific activities that result i...
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| author | Daniel Rodríguez-Almagro Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa Francisco Javier Molina-Ortega Esteban Obrero-Gaitán Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera Rafael Lomas-Vega |
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| description | (1) Background: Headache is a significant public health problem. Despite the association between headache and neck pain, little is known about the relationships among specific activities that generate neck pain and headache. The aim of this study was to identify the specific activities that result in neck pain and unsteadiness, and determine how they are linked to headache in university students. (2) Methods: One hundred and six patients with physician-diagnosed headache and 92 healthy university students completed surveys assessing demographics; the presence, frequency, intensity, and disability of headaches; and activities generating neck pain and unsteadiness. (3) Results: The presence of headache was related to female gender (<i>p</i> = 0.001), neck pain when reading or watching television (<i>p</i> = 0.024), and unsteadiness when moving the head (<i>p</i> = 0.005). Headache-related disability was associated with intensity of neck pain (<i>p</i> < 0.001), neck pain when reading or watching television (<i>p</i> = 0.033), and stumbling (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Headache frequency was related to smoking (<i>p</i> = 0.004), the duration of neck pain-associated symptoms (<i>p</i> = 0.047), and neck pain when driving (<i>p</i> = 0.039). Intensity of headache was associated with female gender (<i>p</i> = 0.002), smoking (<i>p</i> = 0.013), and neck pain-related sleep alterations (<i>p</i> = 0.024). (4) Conclusions: Female gender, smoking, neck pain, and unsteadiness when moving the head are factors related to headache in university students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9153a246f2974378b5b9a72aaad1b58c2023-11-20T05:47:27ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252020-07-0110742510.3390/brainsci10070425Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of HeadachesDaniel Rodríguez-Almagro0Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa1Francisco Javier Molina-Ortega2Esteban Obrero-Gaitán3Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera4Rafael Lomas-Vega5Department of Health Science, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartment of Health Science, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartment of Health Science, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartment of Health Science, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartment of Health Science, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartment of Health Science, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain(1) Background: Headache is a significant public health problem. Despite the association between headache and neck pain, little is known about the relationships among specific activities that generate neck pain and headache. The aim of this study was to identify the specific activities that result in neck pain and unsteadiness, and determine how they are linked to headache in university students. (2) Methods: One hundred and six patients with physician-diagnosed headache and 92 healthy university students completed surveys assessing demographics; the presence, frequency, intensity, and disability of headaches; and activities generating neck pain and unsteadiness. (3) Results: The presence of headache was related to female gender (<i>p</i> = 0.001), neck pain when reading or watching television (<i>p</i> = 0.024), and unsteadiness when moving the head (<i>p</i> = 0.005). Headache-related disability was associated with intensity of neck pain (<i>p</i> < 0.001), neck pain when reading or watching television (<i>p</i> = 0.033), and stumbling (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Headache frequency was related to smoking (<i>p</i> = 0.004), the duration of neck pain-associated symptoms (<i>p</i> = 0.047), and neck pain when driving (<i>p</i> = 0.039). Intensity of headache was associated with female gender (<i>p</i> = 0.002), smoking (<i>p</i> = 0.013), and neck pain-related sleep alterations (<i>p</i> = 0.024). (4) Conclusions: Female gender, smoking, neck pain, and unsteadiness when moving the head are factors related to headache in university students.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/7/425disabilityneck painunsteadinessheadache |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Rodríguez-Almagro Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa Francisco Javier Molina-Ortega Esteban Obrero-Gaitán Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera Rafael Lomas-Vega Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches Brain Sciences disability neck pain unsteadiness headache |
| title | Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches |
| title_full | Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches |
| title_fullStr | Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches |
| title_short | Neck Pain- and Unsteadiness-Inducing Activities and their Relationship to the Presence, Intensity, Frequency, and Disability of Headaches |
| title_sort | neck pain and unsteadiness inducing activities and their relationship to the presence intensity frequency and disability of headaches |
| topic | disability neck pain unsteadiness headache |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/7/425 |
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