• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.88-91
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• 1994

Headache, like low back pain, is one of the most common of pain conditions. Many data suggest that nerve block can be one of effective treatments in managing headache except pure psychologic or surgical origin, because mechanism of headaches have neurologic, vascular or local tissue pathology. We experienced two types of headache; episodic tension-type headache, and benign exertional headache; successful treatment consist of nerve block and modulation of exercise, respectively.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.55-69
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• 1993

The purpose of this study is investigation on prevalence and clinical characteristics of headache among 10-39 years men and women. Information could be obtained with the questionnaire, and 1952 respondents completed the questionnaire. All participants were asked if they had experienced headache. Those responding positively were further questioned regarding the frequency, severity, character, location and duration of headache and were questioned regarding the experience of medical cunsultation and taking analgesics. The obtained results were as follows : 1. The life time prevalence of headache was 49.6% among men, 70.8% among women and 61.5% in all. 2. The prevalence of episodic tension type headache, chronic tension type headache, migraine, mixed type headache in this population was 27.1%, 5.0%, 2.8%, 23.1% respectively. 3. Headache duration was classified as less than 1 hour, 1-6 hours, 6012 hours, more than 12 hours for 1 day. The percentage of each other case is 41.8%, 46.2%, 7.4% and 4.4% of headache suffers respectively. 4. As regards the severity of headache, 4.2% of headache suffers had a very mild pain intensity, 17.9% a mild pain, 57.7% a moderate pain, 18.1% a severe pain and 2.2% a quite severe pain. 5. Headache occured at morning in 8.2% of headache suffers, at afternoon in 9.4%, at evening in 18.1%, at night in 4.3% and at anytime in 59.9%. 6. 11.7% of headache suffers among men consulted doctor, 13.9% among women and 13.1% in all. 7. 66.2% of headache suffers didnt have any analgesics because of their pain, 33.8% of headache suffers had analgesics because of their pain.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.272-278
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• 1995

Headache is a common disease of the general population. But the main problem in any study of headache has been that of defining the disease entities. In 1988, the Headache Classification committee of the International Headache Society introduced operational diagnostic criteria for all headache disorders into 13 major group; migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania etc. Sjaastad was the first to describe "cervicogenic headache", one of various head pain syndromes that probably originate in the cervical spine. Between March 1995 and June 1995, we studied 78 out-patients of the Department of Neuro pain clinic, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje university. We divided the patients into three study group: Fifty-three patients with tension-type headache, 13 with cervicogenic headache, and 12 with migraine headache. The reponse of trigger point injection and $C_2$-ganglion block in patients was investigated. We paid particular attention to the response of trigger point injection in patients of the three group. The effect of trigger point injection was more marked in tension-type headache group than in the other categories. The pain reduction after $C_2$-ganglion block was more marked in cervicogenic headache group than in the others.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2023

Purpose: To assess Google Trends (GT) search behavior regarding orofacial pain (OFP) and headaches. Methods: GT scores for OFP and headache specialists between February 2013 and December 2022 were analyzed. Statistical tests such as Poisson regression analyses, mean differences, and Cohen's D were used to assess the score change over time. Results: The top three search words for OFP specialists were "temporomandibular joint (TMJ) specialist," "TMJ doctor," and "TMJ dentist," whereas the top three search words for headache specialists were "Headache specialist," "Headache doctor," and "Migraine specialist." Here, TMJ is temporomandibular joint. The GT scores for OFP specialists increased significantly (p<0.05) for all years except 2017, with the highest mean difference in 2020. The scores for headache specialists showed similar trends but gradually. Conclusions: The interest in OFP and headache specialists expressed by Google searches has increased over the years. More awareness is needed regarding the OFP scope of practice, and the use of GT may serve as an indicator.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2010

Objectives : The aim of this study is to validate the correlation between Pain Face Scale(PFS) and Numerical Rating Scale(NRS), and to find out the methods to assess headache by PFS. Methods : The study participants included 28 headache patients. All patients answered questionnair, which include PFS, NRS, and other questions for measurements headache. It is analyzed by frequency, correlation with spss windows 14.0. Results : 1. PFS include the strength of headache, and feelings. 2. PFS express strength of headache more than NRS. 3. There was no significant relationship between aspect and regions of headache. Conclusions : Therefore PFS is objective measurement scale of headache.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2011

이갈이나 이악물기 등과 같은 비정상적인 구강기능장애의 주된 임상 소견으로 흔히 관찰되는 설 함요가 긴장성 두통의 통증양상에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 관찰하고자 국제두통학회의 진단기준에 부합되는 긴장성 두통이 있는 환자 중 설함요가 있는 65명을 실험군으로 하고, 설 함요가 없는 환자 65명을 대조군으로 하여 통증의 질과 강도, 양측성 유무 그리고 일상생활에서의 증감 유무 등을 관찰하고 통계 처리하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 질은 설 함요의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 있었다(p=0.049). 2. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 강도는 설 함요의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 있었다(p=0.010). 3. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 양측성 유무는 설 함요의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 없었다. 4. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 일상생활에서의 증감 유무는 설 함요의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로 설 함요가 있는 긴장성 두통 환자는 설 함요가 없는 긴장성 두통 환자에 비해서 통증의 예통과 심도통이 더 심하기 때문에 임상적으로 진료에 임 할 때 고려해야 하며, 이에 따른 추가적이고 지속적인 연구가 필요하리라고 생각된다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.97-109
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• 2011

Objectives: To investigate the correlation among cervical curvature, neck pain, and headache in patients with chronic neck pain. Methods: A clinical study was carried out in 48 chronic neck pain patients in the hospital of Gang-Dong Kyung-Hee University. The curvature of the cervical spine was measured by 3 types of measuring methods, Neck pain and headache were estimated using questionnaire and visual analogue scale (VAS). Results: Curvature angles of the cervical spine had significant positive correlation with the neck pain and headache, and headache can be estimated by cervical curvature using linear regression. Conclusions: The results suggests that the cervical curvature of chronic neck pain patients has a positive correlation with the nock pain and headache, and cervical curvature will be a posible preditor of chronic tension-type headache in patients with chronic neck pain.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.4-13
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• 2022

Changes in diagnostic criteria, for example, the various International Classification of Headache Disorders criteria, would lead to changes in the outcomes of epidemiological studies. International Classification of Headache Disorders-1 was based mainly on expert opinion, yet most of the diagnostic criteria were reliable and valid, but it did not include chronic migraine. In its second version, the classification introduced chronic migraine, but this diagnosis resembled more a high-frequency migraine rather than the actual migraine transformation process. It also introduced medication overuse headache, but it necessitated analgesic withdrawal and subsequent headache improvement to be diagnosed as such. Hence patients having medication overuse headache could only be diagnosed in retrospect, which was an awkward situation. Such restrictive criteria for chronic migraine and medication overuse headache omitted a high proportion of patients. International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 allows a diagnosis of medication overuse headache due to combination analgesics if taken for at least 10 days per month for more than three months. Hence the prevalence rate of medication overuse headache and chronic migraine can increase compared to the previous version of the headache classification. Different criteria have been used across studies to identify chronic migraine and medication overuse headache, and therefore the information acquired from previous studies using earlier criteria becomes uncertain. Hence much epidemiological research would need to be interpreted cautiously or repeated with the most updated criteria, since the subjects in studies that apply the latest criteria may be phenotypically different from those in older studies.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.604-611
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• 2009

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between headache and gastric dysmotility in patients with functional dyspepsia by using electrogastrogram and bowel sounds analysis. Methods : 127 patients(male 40, female 87) with functional dyspepsia were enrolled. By using inquiry and the questionnaire, we examined whether each patient had headache and abdominal pain. All patients were divided into 4 groups according to the above symptoms. Gastric motility was measured during the fasting-postprandial state by using electrogastrogram and bowel sounds analysis. Results : 33 patients complained of headache. There was a significant difference between headache patients and non-headache patients in gastric arrhythmia of the fasting state. Moreover, in headache patients without abdominal pain, postprandial improvement of gastric arrhythmia was poorer than the other groups. So, headache patients without abnormal pain had more severe gastric myoelectrical rhythm disorder than headache patients with abdominal pain. Conclusion : Headache could be one of symptoms induced by gastric dysmotility in patients with functional dyspepsia. Especially, headache in functional dyspepsia was related to gastric arrhythmia.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.203-212
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• 2010

이갈이나 이악물기 등과 같은 비정상적인 구강기능장애의 주된 임상 소견으로 흔히 관찰되는 구강 협점막 백선이 긴장성두통의 통증양상에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 관찰하고자 국제두통학회의 진단기준에 부합되는 긴장성 두통이 있는 환자중 구강 협점막 백선이 있는 79명을 실험군으로 하고, 구강 협점막 백선이 없는 환자 79명을 대조군으로 하여 통증의 질과 강도, 양측성 유무 그리고 일상생활에서의 증감 유무 등을 관찰하고 통계 처리하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 질은 구강 협점막 백선의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 없었다. 2. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 강도는 구강 협점막 백선의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 있었다(p= .043). 3. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 양측성 유무는 구강 협점막 백선의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 없었다. 4. 긴장성 두통환자의 통증의 일상생활에서의 증감 유무는 구강 협점막 백선의 유무에 따라서 통계학적인 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로 구강 협점막 백선이 있는 긴장성 두통 환자는 구강 협점막 백선이 없는 긴장성 두통 환자에 비해서 통증의 강도가 더 심하기 때문에 임상적으로 진료에 임 할 때 고려해야 하며, 이에 따른 추가적이고 지속적인 연구가 필요하리라고 생각된다.