Increased neck muscle stiffness in migraine patients with ictal neck pain: A shear wave elastography study
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Increased neck muscle stiffness in migraine patients with ictal neck pain : A shear wave elastography study. / Hvedstrup, Jeppe; Kolding, Lærke Tørring; Ashina, Messoud; Schytz, Henrik Winther.
I: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, Bind 40, Nr. 6, 05.2020, s. 565-574.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Increased neck muscle stiffness in migraine patients with ictal neck pain
T2 - A shear wave elastography study
AU - Hvedstrup, Jeppe
AU - Kolding, Lærke Tørring
AU - Ashina, Messoud
AU - Schytz, Henrik Winther
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - BACKGROUND: Ictal neck pain is a frequent symptom reported by half of migraine patients. It is unknown if neck pain is caused by peripheral or central mechanisms. Neck muscle stiffness can be investigated with ultrasound shear wave elastography.OBJECTIVES: To determine if migraine patients with ictal neck pain have stiffer neck muscles interictally compared with patients without ictal neck pain and controls.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study investigating neck muscle stiffness, pressure pain thresholds and neck pain symptoms in 100 migraine patients recruited from a tertiary headache center and 46 controls.RESULTS: Patients with ictal neck pain had increased mean neck muscle stiffness interictally compared to both migraine patients without ictal neck pain (p = 0.018) and controls (p = 0.036). Muscle stiffness was negatively correlated with pressure pain thresholds in the neck in migraine patients with ictal neck pain (r = -0.292, p = 0.042). There were no differences in mean pressure pain thresholds between migraine subgroups.CONCLUSIONS: Migraine patients with ictal neck pain have stiffer neck muscles interictally compared with migraine patients without ictal neck pain and controls measured with ultrasound shear wave elastography. The increased stiffness could be due to local alterations in the neck muscles. Trial registration: clinical-trials.gov, identifier: NCT03626805.
AB - BACKGROUND: Ictal neck pain is a frequent symptom reported by half of migraine patients. It is unknown if neck pain is caused by peripheral or central mechanisms. Neck muscle stiffness can be investigated with ultrasound shear wave elastography.OBJECTIVES: To determine if migraine patients with ictal neck pain have stiffer neck muscles interictally compared with patients without ictal neck pain and controls.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study investigating neck muscle stiffness, pressure pain thresholds and neck pain symptoms in 100 migraine patients recruited from a tertiary headache center and 46 controls.RESULTS: Patients with ictal neck pain had increased mean neck muscle stiffness interictally compared to both migraine patients without ictal neck pain (p = 0.018) and controls (p = 0.036). Muscle stiffness was negatively correlated with pressure pain thresholds in the neck in migraine patients with ictal neck pain (r = -0.292, p = 0.042). There were no differences in mean pressure pain thresholds between migraine subgroups.CONCLUSIONS: Migraine patients with ictal neck pain have stiffer neck muscles interictally compared with migraine patients without ictal neck pain and controls measured with ultrasound shear wave elastography. The increased stiffness could be due to local alterations in the neck muscles. Trial registration: clinical-trials.gov, identifier: NCT03626805.
U2 - 10.1177/0333102420919998
DO - 10.1177/0333102420919998
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32295400
VL - 40
SP - 565
EP - 574
JO - Cephalalgia
JF - Cephalalgia
SN - 0800-1952
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 251795811