ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2019
Sleep disorder-related headaches.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Migraine and Restless Legs Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of sleep research · 2026Pooled it
- The clinical characteristic of catathrenia: a new look at an old issue-a systematic review of existing literature.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Pooled it
- Comorbidities of primary headache disorders: a literature review with meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Pooled it
- The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life and associated factors in Chinese menstrual migraine patients: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2022Trial
- Sleep Domain Predictors of Headache-Related Disability in Episodic Migraine and Cluster Headache: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Sleep psychoeducation strategies for patients with chronic migraine and sleep quality complaints.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2026Article
- Association of cognitive ability and sleep duration with headache : insights from a Chinese middle-aged and elderly population.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Characterizing insomnia and sleep quality in a cohort with tension type headache.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Once-Nightly Pregabalin for Co-Occurring Nightmares, Poor Sleep, and Headaches: A Case Series.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- Occupational Risk for Headache Disorders in Female Registered Nurses. A Retrospective Study.La Medicina del lavoro · 2025Article
- Association between psychological disorders and migraine in young U.S. adults with gender-specific analysis and marital status considerations.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
- The 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine and headache disability in Brazil: a cross-sectional, population-based study.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
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- A Systematic Review of Sleep Disturbance in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2025Review
- The Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture for Prophylaxis of Menstrually Related Migraine: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Relationship of sleep quality, chronotype, and obstructive sleep apnea with migraine in the elderly population.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2024Article
- Causal Effects of Sleep Quality on Primary Headache and the Mediation via Gut Microbiota: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
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- Multimodal treatment, including extracorporeal shock wave therapy, for refractory chronic tension-type headache: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Migraine with and without aura, cluster headache, hypnic headache, and paroxysmal hemicranias are each reported as intrinsically related to sleep. Chronic migraine, chronic tension-type headache, and medication overuse headache may cause sleep disturbance. Otherwise, both headache and sleep disorder may be manifestations of a same systemic dysfunction. There is a vicious cycle linking sleep disorders and migraine. The poor quality or poor duration of sleep could be a trigger of migraine attack and migraineurs with poor sleep reported a higher headache frequency. Moreover, coping behaviors of migraineurs (e.g., going to sleep early to relieve migraine attacks) can be factors precipitating and perpetuating sleep disturbances themselves. During cluster headache, patients report a poor quality of sleep correlated with the amount of daylight. In particular, it was demonstrated that melatonin levels have influences on cluster headache attacks. Concerning the pathophysiology of hypnic headache, it has been hypothesized a possible role of obstructive sleep apnea in triggering nocturnal attacks: an increased number of apnea episodes has been reported in hypnic headache patients, but a lack of a temporal correlation of headache attacks with the drop of oxygen saturation has been observed. Tension-type headache is the most common headache with sleep dysregulation (lack of sleep or oversleeping) frequently reported as a triggering factor for acute attacks: management of sleep disturbances seems crucial in this form of headache.
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