Pain Sensitivity Mediates The Relationship between Stress and Headache Intensity in Chronic Tension-Type Headache

BACKGROUND: A central model for chronic tension-type headache (CTH) posits that stress contributes to headache, in part, by aggravating existing hyperalgesia in CTH sufferers. The prediction from this model that pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between stress and headache activity has not...

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Published in:Pain Research and Management
Main Authors: Stuart Cathcart, Navjot Bhullar, Maarten Immink, Chris Della Vedova, John Hayball
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/132830
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spelling doaj-art-ecdceedf01b141cdb3d5b57b3fa2ed9e2025-08-20T01:34:18ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652012-01-0117637738010.1155/2012/132830Pain Sensitivity Mediates The Relationship between Stress and Headache Intensity in Chronic Tension-Type HeadacheStuart Cathcart0Navjot Bhullar1Maarten Immink2Chris Della Vedova3John Hayball4Centre for Applied Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, AustraliaCentre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, AustraliaSchool of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AustraliaSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AustraliaSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AustraliaBACKGROUND: A central model for chronic tension-type headache (CTH) posits that stress contributes to headache, in part, by aggravating existing hyperalgesia in CTH sufferers. The prediction from this model that pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between stress and headache activity has not yet been examined.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/132830
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title_full Pain Sensitivity Mediates The Relationship between Stress and Headache Intensity in Chronic Tension-Type Headache
title_fullStr Pain Sensitivity Mediates The Relationship between Stress and Headache Intensity in Chronic Tension-Type Headache
title_full_unstemmed Pain Sensitivity Mediates The Relationship between Stress and Headache Intensity in Chronic Tension-Type Headache
title_short Pain Sensitivity Mediates The Relationship between Stress and Headache Intensity in Chronic Tension-Type Headache
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