Photophobia and Phonophobia in Tension-Type and Cervicogenic Headache

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Abstract
Light and sound-induced discomfort and pain thresholds were measured in 26 patients with cervicogenic headache, in 40 patients with tension-type headache, and in 100 headache-free controls. Neither headache group was significantly different as to photophobia and phonophobia, but both were significantly more sensitive to light and sound than controls (ppp≥0.7). Tension-type headache patients were more photo- and phonophobic during headache than outside attack (p0.56). In cervicogenic headache patients, photophobia (pp=0.28) was greater on the symptomatic side than on the non-symptomatic side.