Understanding Post-Traumatic Headache: Forward Translation of a Posttraumatic Headache Animal Model to Posttraumatic Headache in the Human

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Información sobre este estudio

Headache is the most commonly reported symptom after trauma to the head. Although posttraumatic headache (PTH) shares some clinical characteristics with primary headache disorders, such as migraine, there are many unique features including head trauma and the exacerbation of headache with physical and cognitive stressors. The purpose of this study is to determine if subjects who have recently sustained a mild TBI and have PTH will have lower pain thresholds (i.e. hyperalgesia) and greater allodynia compared to healthy controls. The study will also determine if exposure to a bright light stressor will exacerbate hyperalgesia in subjects with mild TBI and PTH while healthy controls will not be affected.

Elegibilidad para la participación

Los requisitos de elegibilidad de los participantes incluyen la edad, el sexo, el tipo y el estadio de la enfermedad, y los problemas de salud o tratamientos previos. Las pautas difieren de un estudio a otro e identifican quiénes pueden o no pueden participar. No hay garantía de que cada persona elegible que desee participar en un ensayo se inscribirá. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para analizar la elegibilidad del estudio y la posible participación.

Inclusion criteria:

  • Male or female adults between the ages of 16-65 years old
  • PTH subjects will meet ICHD-3b diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic headache
  • Chronic migraine subjects will meet ICHD-3b diagnostic criteria for chronic migraine
  • Healthy controls will not meet ICHD-3b diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic headache or migraine
  • Subjects will have no contraindication to quantitative sensory testing (QST) or exposure to a high intensity light. For example, no abrasions, open wounds, or active physical injuries on the forehead or ventral medial forearm; no neuropathy.

Exclusion criteria:

  • History of ophthalmologic disease
  • Use of pain medications 24 hours prior to research testing

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Sede de Mayo Clinic Estatus

Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Amaal Starling, M.D.

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