Women with migraine presents similar altered performance in the craniocervical flexion test than women with chronic nonspecific neck pain: An observational study.

Background: Although patients with migraine show cervical muscle impairments previous studies investigating motor performance have not characterized the sample of patients with migraine according to the presence/absence of neck pain complaints.

Objective: To verify if there are differences in the clinical and muscular performance of the superficial neck flexors and extensors during Craniocervical Flexion Test in women with migraine, considering the presence or absence of concomitant symptoms of neck pain.

Methods: The cranio-cervical flexion test performance was assessed by its clinical stage test and by the surface electromyographic activity of the sternocleidomastoid, anterior scalene muscles upper trapezius and splenius capitis.

Neck-specific strengthening exercise compared with placebo sham ultrasound in patients with migraine: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Migraine patients have musculoskeletal disorders and pain in the cervical. And, despite the pathophysiology demonstrating the relationship between migraine and the cervical spine, the effectiveness of craniocervical exercises in these patients has not been verified. So, the aimed of this study was verify the effectiveness of craniocervical muscle-strengthening exercise (CMSE) in reducing the frequency and intensity of headache in migraine patients.

Is kinesiophobia related to fear of falling, dizziness disability, and migraine disability in patients with migraine?

Introduction: Kinesiophobia is a common symptom associated with high disability, and has been observed in patients with migraine. However, the association between kinesiophobia and clinical factors in this population is unknown.

Objective: To assess the fear of falling, dizziness disability, and migraine disability in patients with migraine, considering the presence of kinesiophobia.

Are There Gender Differences in Neck Pain and Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Cervical Spine Associated with Migraine?

Objective: To evaluate gender differences in clinical characteristics of migraine by examining presence and severity of cutaneous allodynia, migraine-related disability, neck pain and its associated disability, passive mobility of the upper cervical spine, and performance of the deep neck flexor muscles.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects: 30 men and 30 women with migraine.

The presence of aura is not related to changes in the cervical performance and mobility of patients with migraine.

Background: Migraine may be associated with neck impairment and migraine chronicity is related to greater disability. However, whether other subclassifications of migraine, such as migraine with aura, are related to neck impairment is currently unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the musculoskeletal aspects of the neck in patients with migraine with and without aura.

Neck-specific strengthening exercise compared with sham ultrasound when added to home-stretching exercise in patients with migraine: study protocol of a two-armed, parallel-groups randomized controlled trial.

Background: Migraine is a highly disabling condition and pharmacological treatment is the gold standard. However, several patients have also positive responses to the application of different manual techniques and therapeutic exercises in terms of reducing the intensity and frequency of migraine attacks. Nevertheless, the effects of a neck-specific exercise program have not yet been evaluated in these patients.

Extensor/flexor ratio of neck muscle strength and electromyographic activity of individuals with migraine: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Neck pain is considered a common characteristic of migraine attacks. The relationship between neck pain and migraine can be explained by central sensitization of the trigeminocervical complex, where superior cervical afferents and the trigeminal nerve converge. However, few studies have evaluated motor control of cervical muscles in individuals with migraine.

Is the presence of neck pain associated with more severe clinical presentation in patients with migraine? A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate the association between the presence of self-reported neck pain in patients with migraine and clinical features, upper cervical mobility, and neck muscle performance.

Methods: A total of 142 patients with migraine were recruited and stratified by the presence (n = 99) or absence of self-reported neck pain (n = 43). The clinical examination included the Migraine Disability Assessment, the 12-item Allodynia Symptom Checklist, a flexion rotation test, and the Craniocervical Flexion Test.

COMPLICATIONS AND COST ANALYSIS OF HEMIPELVECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PELVIC TUMORS.

Objective: Hemipelvectomy is a complex surgery with a high complication rate. Here, we aimed to identify factors related to the onset of complications and calculate their impacts on hospital costs.

Methods: We evaluated 31 consecutive patients who underwent hemipelvectomy between 1999 and 2015.

Cervical Muscular Endurance Performance in Women With and Without Migraine.

Background: Despite previous evidence, the association between migraines and cervical muscular performance is unclear.

Objective: To compare the differences in neck flexor and extensor muscle endurance between women with and without migraine.

Methods: In this cross-sectional, controlled laboratory study, 26 women with migraine and 26 age-matched women without migraine or headache were assessed using clinical tests of neck flexor and extensor muscle endurance.

Kinesiophobia Is Associated with Migraine.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess kinesiophobia in patients with migraine and to determine its association and correlation with cutaneous allodynia and clinical manifestations of migraine.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: A headache clinic of a university-based hospital.

Cutaneous allodynia is more frequent in chronic migraine, and its presence and severity seems to be more associated with the duration of the disease.

Objective: To evaluate cutaneous allodynia among patients with chronic and episodic migraine in a tertiary headache clinic.

Methods: 80 subjects with episodic migraine and 80 with chronic migraine were assessed in a tertiary hospital. The 12-item Allodynia Symptom Checklist/Brazil questionnaire was applied to classify subjects according to the presence and severity of cutaneous allodynia.