musculoskeletal abnormalities/headache

Chronic daily headache (CDH), an almost continual headache in the absence of organic pathology, is an exceptionally challenging type of headache to treat in children and adolescents. CDH has different expressions in children and adults; the different expressions may reflect several different

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this manuscript is to illuminate the diagnostic challenges in patients who present with both headache and neck pain. RESULTS The differential diagnosis for headache and neck pain includes many conditions. Furthermore, cervical musculoskeletal abnormalities including head

The identification of musculoskeletal abnormalities in headache patients has led to the incorporation of physical therapy (PT) into treatment programs for chronic headache. The current studies: (i) investigated the efficacy of PT as a treatment for migraine, and (ii) investigated the utility of PT

BACKGROUND Little is known about the clinical features and spectrum of diagnoses in children with "stroke mimics," those with acute neurologic deficits but without cerebrovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to describe patients with stroke mimics and to determine if clinical features predict

BACKGROUND Previous follow-up studies of patients with Lyme disease suggest that disseminated infection may be associated with long-term neurologic and musculoskeletal morbidity. OBJECTIVE To determine clinical and functional outcomes in persons who were treated for Lyme disease in the late