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Chua NH, Suijlekom HV, Wilder-Smith OH, et al. Understanding cervicogenic headache. Anesth Pain Med. 2012;2(1):3-4doi: 10.5812/aapm.3904.
Chua, N. H., Suijlekom, H. V., Wilder-Smith, O. H., & Vissers, K. C. (2012). Understanding cervicogenic headache. Anesthesiology and pain medicine, 2(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.5812/aapm.3904
Chua, Nicholas H L, et al. "Understanding cervicogenic headache." Anesthesiology and pain medicine vol. 2,1 (2012): 3-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/aapm.3904
Chua NH, Suijlekom HV, Wilder-Smith OH, Vissers KC. Understanding cervicogenic headache. Anesth Pain Med. 2012;2(1):3-4. doi: 10.5812/aapm.3904. Epub 2012 Jul 10. PMID: 24223325; PMCID: PMC3821111.
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Anesth Pain Med. 2012;2(1):3-4. doi: 10.5812/aapm.3904. Epub 2012 Jul 10.

Understanding cervicogenic headache.

Anesthesiology and pain medicine

Nicholas H L Chua, Hans V Suijlekom, Oliver H Wilder-Smith, Kris C P Vissers

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore ; Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24223325 PMCID: PMC3821111 DOI: 10.5812/aapm.3904

Abstract

The purported mechanism underlying the development and progression of cervicogenic headache (CEH) is the convergence of sensory inputs at the trigeminocervical nucleus. This mechanism explains the radiation of pain from the neck or the occipitonuchal area and its spread to the oculo-fronto-temporal region; it also explains the recurrent headaches caused by improper neck postures or external pressure to the structures in the neck and the occipital region. These neural connectivity mechanisms involving the trigeminal nucleus are also evident from the eyeblink reflex and findings of quantitative sensory testing (QST). Understanding the mechanisms underlying the development of CEH is important because it will not only provide a better treatment outcome but will also allow practitioners to appreciate the variability of symptomatic presentations in these patients.

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Headache; Neck; Post-Traumatic Headache; Secondary; Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal

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