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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Comment on Castien et al. (2018) pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical region in headache - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Kerstin Luedtke, Tibor Szikszay, Wacław Adamczyk, Arne May

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Issue 1/2018

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The recently published systematic review by Castien et al. [1] is summarising data in a field of highly ambiguous reporting. Pain thresholds in headache patients have been investigated by a large number of researchers with inconsistent results and it is certainly important to summarise and evaluate all data in a systematic review and meta-analysis. However, the present review can only partially shed light on the issue, due to a number of rather grave methodological shortcomings. …

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Title: Comment on Castien et al. (2018) pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical region in headache - a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Kerstin Luedtke
Tibor Szikszay
Wacław Adamczyk
Arne May
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-018-0859-x

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