ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2018
Headache following head injury: a population-based longitudinal cohort study (HUNT).
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- Characterizing the Risk of Depression Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature Comparing Chronic mTBI to Non-mTBI Populations.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
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- Prevalence of Headache Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Review
- Frequency and predictors of headache in the first 12 months after traumatic brain injury: results from CENTER-TBI.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Observational
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- Position Paper on Post-Traumatic Headache: The Relationship Between Head Trauma, Stress Disorder, and Migraine.Pain and therapy · 2021Article
- Mild traumatic brain injury is associated with effect of inflammation on structural changes of default mode network in those developing chronic pain.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Article
- Addressing chronic persistent headaches after MTBI as a neuropathic pain state.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Review
- The Relation between Persistent Post-Traumatic Headache and PTSD: Similarities and Possible Differences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Persistent Post-Traumatic Headache and Migraine: Pre-Clinical Comparisons.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Exploring naturally occurring clinical subgroups of post-traumatic headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Article
- Defining and Managing Pain in Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.Comparative medicine · 2019Review
- Practice Current: How do you diagnose and treat post-concussive headache?Neurology. Clinical practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundHeadache is the most frequent symptom following head injury, but long-term follow-up of headache after head injury entails methodological challenges. In a population-based cohort study, we explored whether subjects hospitalized due to a head injury more often developed a new headache or experienced exacerbation of previously reported headache compared to the surrounding population.
methodsThis population-based historical cohort study included headache data from two large epidemiological surveys performed with an 11-year interval. This was linked with data from hospital records on exposure to head injury occurring between the health surveys. Participants in the surveys who had not been hospitalized because of a head injury comprised the control group. The head injuries were classified according to the Head Injury Severity Scale (HISS). Multinomial logistic regression was performed to investigate the association between head injury and new headache or exacerbation of pre-existing headache in a population with known pre-injury headache status, controlling for potential confounders.
resultsThe exposed group consisted of 294 individuals and the control group of 25,662 individuals. In multivariate analyses, adjusting for age, sex, anxiety, depression, education level, smoking and alcohol use, mild head injury increased the risk of new onset headache suffering (OR 1.74, 95% CI 1.05-2.87), stable headache suffering (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.15-2.50) and exacerbation of previously reported headache (OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.24-3.02). The reference category was participants without headache in both surveys.
conclusionIndividuals hospitalized due to a head injury were more likely to have new onset and worsening of pre-existing headache and persistent headache, compared to the surrounding general population. The results support the entity of the ICHD-3 beta diagnosis "persistent headache attributed to traumatic injury to the head".
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