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Headache with Myofascial Origin

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S Sattari1,*
1Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kashani Hospital, Kashani Ave. Isfahan, Iran, sattari@med.mui.ac.ir. Tel: +98-9122149097. Fax: +98-3112335030. Email: sattari@med.mui.ac.ir

Shiraz E-Medical Journal:Vol. 8, issue 4; 188-182
Published online:Oct 01, 2007
Article type:Case Report
Received:Apr 12, 2007
Accepted:Aug 21, 2007
How to Cite:Sattari S. Headache with Myofascial Origin. Shiraz E-Med J. 2007;8(4):. doi:

Abstract

Myofascial pain syndromes are a prevalent cause among the patients with compliant of pain. They also can manifest as migraine type headache, tinnitus, nausea and vomiting. The purpose of this article is to explain the role of physical medicine exams and rehabilitative exercices in diagnosis and treatment of headaches with myofascial origin, and also to remind that they should be considered as a possible etiology when work up studies for headache are normal.

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© 2007, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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