Effect of mental stress on cold pain in chronic tension-type headache sufferers

Stuart CATHCART; Anthony Winefield; Kurt Lushington; Paul Rolan

doi:10.1007/s10194-009-0131-5

Effect of mental stress on cold pain in chronic tension-type headache sufferers

Stuart CATHCART, Anthony Winefield, Kurt Lushington, Paul Rolan

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Abstract

Mental stress is a noted contributing factor in chronic tension-type headache (CTH), however the mechanisms underlying this are not clearly understood. One proposition is that stress aggravates already increased pain sensitivity in CTH sufferers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-373
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Headache and Pain
Volume	10
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-009-0131-5
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Effect of mental stress on cold pain in chronic tension-type headache sufferers

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