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Electromyographic and vasomotor activity in tension, migraine, and combined headache patients: The influence of postural variation |
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| Authors: | Tim A Ahles John B Martin Bernard Gaulier Holly L Cassens Marie L Andres and Mohammed Shariff |
| Institution: | Dartmouth Medical School, U.S.A. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, U.S.A. Bowling Green State University, U.S.A. St Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Ill, U.S.A. Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | Electromyographic (EMG) and temporal artery vasomotor activity was evaluated in three groups of headache patients (tension, migraine and combined) and nonheadache control subjects while in reclining, sitting and standing positions. Analysis of the EMG data revealed that at all measurement sites (bilateral frontalis, bilateral trapezius) the three headache groups demonstrated significantly higher levels than the nonheadache group but did not differ from each other. A secondary analysis of the trapezius EMG data revealed that a large percentage of headache patients had “normal” EMG levels in the reclining position but showed abnormalities in the sitting and standing positions. Analysis of the left temporal artery vasomotor activity revealed that all three headache groups vasoconstricted to a significantly greater extent than the nonheadache group in the sitting and standing positions. However, a diagnosis by position interaction was found for the right temporal artery with the migraine group demonstrating a unique pattern of activity. |
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