Autonomic features in cluster headache. exploratory factor analysis

The objective is to identify the pathogenesis of each autonomic manifestation in cluster headache (CH). Through a deductive statistics method (factor analysis) we analysed the type of autonomic symptoms reported by 157 CH patients. Three principal components were identified in the analysis: parasymp...

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Published in:Journal of headache and pain 2005-02, Vol.6 (1), p.20-23
Main Authors: GIL GOUVEIA, Raquel, PARREIRA, Elsa, PAVAO MARTINS, Isabel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology
Biological and medical sciences
Blepharoptosis - etiology
Blepharoptosis - physiopathology
Cluster Headache - physiopathology
Conjunctiva - blood supply
Conjunctiva - innervation
Conjunctiva - physiopathology
Edema - etiology
Edema - physiopathology
Female
Headaches
Humans
Hyperhidrosis - etiology
Hyperhidrosis - physiopathology
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases - etiology
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases - physiopathology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miosis - etiology
Miosis - physiopathology
Nasal Mucosa - innervation
Nasal Mucosa - physiopathology
Nasal Mucosa - secretion
Neurology
Original
Parasympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology
Pathology
Prevalence
Principal Component Analysis
Statistical analysis
Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:The objective is to identify the pathogenesis of each autonomic manifestation in cluster headache (CH). Through a deductive statistics method (factor analysis) we analysed the type of autonomic symptoms reported by 157 CH patients. Three principal components were identified in the analysis: parasympathetic activation (lacrimation, conjunctival injection and rhinorrhoea), sympathetic defect (miosis and ptosis) and parasympathetic mediated effect (nasal congestion, eyelid oedema and forehead sweating). This work suggests that there are three different mechanisms underlying autonomic manifestations in CH.
ISSN:1129-2369
1129-2377
DOI:10.1007/s10194-005-0146-5