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The Controlled Application of Cold and Heat by a New Device (Migra‐lief Apparatus) in the Treatment of Headache
Author(s) -
Lance J.W.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1988.hed2807458.x
Subject(s) - headaches , cluster headache , migraine , medicine , cluster (spacecraft) , zolmitriptan , tension headache , anesthesia , surgery , sumatriptan , computer science , programming language , agonist , receptor
SYNOPSIS An apparatus which incorporates a cooling compartment encircling the head, extending down the neck, and a separate warming compartment applied to the vertex, was employed in 28 patients with recurrent headaches (20 with migraine, 7 with tension headaches, and I with cluster headaches) who had had inadequate relief from prophylactic and acute medications. This Migra‐lief apparatus reduced severity of headache in 15 of the migraine patients, 6 of the tension headache patients, and in the one cluster headache patient.