Description of recurrent headaches in 7-14-year-old children: Baseline data from a randomized clinical trial on effectiveness of chiropractic spinal manipulation in children with recurrent headaches.

ABSTRACT: Headaches in children are poorly described and diagnosing can be challenging. Objectives are: (1) to describe headache characteristics and child characteristics, (2) to explore whether data can suggest a more diverse way to categorize headaches than traditionally. Baseline data for a clinical trial included a questionnaire and a physical screening. Children's characteristics and detailed description of headache symptoms were provided. Children were classified for migraine or tension-type-headache based on questionnaire data reported by children and parents. This required to apply slightly modified classification criteria and a "non-classifiable" group was added. Severity and symptoms, related to the migraine versus tension type distinction, were investigated to define a migraine-tension-ty

SUBMITTER: Dissing KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887886 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature