Pressure pain threshold in the craniocervical muscles of women with episodic and chronic migraine: a controlled study

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the pressure pain threshold (PPT) of the craniocervical muscles in women with episodic migraine (EM) n=15 and chronic migraine (CM) n=14, and in healthy volunteers (C) n=15. Method: A blinded examiner obtained the PPT bilaterally, by pressure algometry, for the following muscles: frontalis, temporalis, masseter, trapezius and sternocleidomastoid. ANOVA (p<0.05) was used for statistical purposes. Results: Contrasted to controls, individuals with EM had significantly decreased PPT

Pain Threshold in Migraine and Tension-Type Headache by Pressure Algometry in Craniocervical Muscles and Peripheral Nerves in Both Genders

“…Our findings are in agreement with a study that evaluated women with episodic and chronic migraine [30]. In our study, the painful thresholds in migraine and TTH patients were lower than the control group at all points stimulated, similar to other studies with primary headaches, as seen in Table 4.…”

Pressure algometry is a useful tool to quantify pain in the medial part of the knee: An intra- and inter-reliability study in healthy subjects

“…They observed excellent inter-(ICC 0.97) and intra-rater (ICC 0.98) reliability. Other authors also showed a good reliability for this technique in other parts of the body; the first dorsal interosseous muscle [1], the neck and head muscles [4,6,7,17,24] or following a spinal manipulation [25].…”

Effects of neuromuscular taping on muscular strength, range of motion and pain intensity in the glenohumeral joint in professional handball athletes: blinded randomized clinical trial

“…Volunteers remained seated in a chair, with the torso upright, leaning back, feet flat on the floor and hands resting on the legs. For the evaluation of the deltoid muscle, gradual pressure was applied at the midpoint between its origin and insertion, and for the descending part of the trapezius, constant gradual pressure was applied at half the distance between the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra and the acromion of the scapular (21) . The evaluator exercised gradual compression perpendicular to the muscle fibers until the volunteer reported any intensity of pain, at which point this value was recorded.…”