The Effect of Postural Variation on the Electromyographic Evaluation of Tension Headache and Nonheadache Control Participants
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Vol. 26 (7) , 353-355
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1986.hed2607353.x
Abstract
SYNOPSISTwelve tension headache patients and 12 nonheadache controls participated in an electromyographic (EMG) evaluation in which measurements were obtained from horizontal frontalis and bilateral trapezius placements. The evaluation was conducted while the participants were in reclining, sitting and standing positions. The results demonstrated higher frontalis EMG levels for the headache participants. However, contrary to prediction, the headache participants showed no greater EMG elevations in the trapezius musculature while sitting or standing as compared to the nonheadache controls.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- EMG Biofeedback During Dynamic Movement as a Treatment for Tension HeadacheHeadache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 1984