Headache and Concomitant Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 5513
Special Issue Editors
Interests: posture; postural balance; vestibular diseases; rehabilitation; manual therapy; headache; migraine; neck pain; temporomandibular joint disorders; fibromyalgia
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Dear Colleagues,
Headaches are a significant public health problem in countries of all development levels and have an enormous economic and social impact. The diagnosis, according to the criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) third edition, is not simple and it always requires a detailed knowledge of the clinical history, a comprehensive evaluation of the nervous system and a physical examination of all related structures. In the context of the different and not always well-known mechanisms behind headaches at the molecular level, we would like to emphasize the role that other concomitant problems could have on headaches, such as sleep disorders, neck pain, cranium–vertebral or trigeminal interactions.
We invite investigators to contribute original research, such as observational, experimental or validation studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, as well as case series and case reports that focus on how these interactions at the molecular level affect the correct management, both diagnostically and therapeutically, of headaches.
Potential topics may include (but are not limited to): the clinical and molecular association between headaches and other systems or disorders; the function of biomarkers in headache diagnosis; the biological effects of physiotherapy, therapeutic exercise or pharmacological treatment on patients with headaches or related disorders in the cranium–cervical region; and new advances in the diagnosis, pathophysiological mechanisms or treatment of headaches.
Prof. Rafael Lomas-Vega
Dr. María Catalina Osuna-Pérez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- headache
- migraine disorders
- headache diagnosis
- biomarkers
- neck pain
- craniomandibular disorders
- pharmacological treatment
- physiotherapy
- evaluation studies
- reproducibility of results
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