Concepts leading to the definition of the term cervicogenic headache: a historical overview

The idea that headache may originate from a problem at the neck or cervical spine level has fascinated and stimulated researchers for centuries. Contributions and reports seeking to clarify this issue have multiplied in the past 80 or 90 years. Bärtschi-Rochaix reported what seems to have been the f...

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Published in:Journal of headache and pain 2005-12, Vol.6 (6), p.462-466
Main Authors: Antonaci, Fabio, Bono, Giorgio, Mauri, Marco, Drottning, Monica, Buscone, Simona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cervical Vertebrae - physiology
Headache - classification
Headache - etiology
Headache - history
Headaches
History
History of Headache Section
History, 20th Century
Humans
Medical research
Neck Pain - complications
Spine
Terminology as Topic
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Summary:The idea that headache may originate from a problem at the neck or cervical spine level has fascinated and stimulated researchers for centuries. Contributions and reports seeking to clarify this issue have multiplied in the past 80 or 90 years. Bärtschi-Rochaix reported what seems to have been the first clinical description of cervicogenic headache, but it was not until 1983 that Sjaastad and his school defined diagnostic criteria for this syndrome. The current, revised International Headache Society Classification (ICHD-II) includes the term cervicogenic headache, but the diagnostic criteria it gives differ from those of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and also from the most recent Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group (CHISG) definition (1998).
ISSN:1129-2369
1129-2377
DOI:10.1007/s10194-005-0250-6