| An Online Survey of Exercise-Related Headaches Among Cyclists. | |
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PMID: 23126543 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background.- Primary exertional headache (PEH) is a long-known phenomenon. Divergent prevalences of between 0.2 and 12.3% are reported among the general population. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence among an athletic population. Method.- A link to an online questionnaire was sent to all participants of a tough cycling event held in The Netherlands. Results.- Four thousand participants filled out the questionnaire. One thousand eight hundred and ten (45%) stated that they had suffered, at least once in their lives, from exercise-related headaches (EHs). Thirty-seven percent (668) of them had those headaches at least once a month and 10% (174) experienced a weekly occurrence. The rate of female cyclists with a history of EHs was 54%. With an increasing age, a decline of EHs was found. Five hundred eighty-one (37%) of the participants used medication for EHs. Conclusions.- An estimation of the prevalence of PEHs among the studied population by comparison to the International Headache Society criteria resulted in a rate of 26%. The lower prevalence among older cyclists could be caused by avoidance of (high-intensity) exercise due to the burden that EH brings along. PEH appears to be quite common among an athletic population and merits further investigation. |
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Karin van der Ende-Kastelijn; Willem Oerlemans; Simon Goedegebuure |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-5 |
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Title: Headache Volume: - ISSN: 1526-4610 ISO Abbreviation: Headache Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985091R Medline TA: Headache Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 American Headache Society. |
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From the Department of Sports Medicine, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (K. van der Ende-Kastelijn and S. Goedegebuure); Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort, The Netherlands (W. Oerlemans). |
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