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## Objective: To explore in detail the duration of exertional headache attacks and explicitly to identify cases of prolonged exertional headache. ## Background: The prevalence of exertional headache in general population samples may exceed 10%. the prevalence and distinguishing clinical characteristics of prolonged exertional headache are not well delineated. ## Methods: One author (o.s.) personally interviewed 1838 parishioners (88.6%) of ages 18 to 65 years living in a southern norwegian commune. questions relevant to exertional headache were included. ## Results: As recently reported elsewhere, exertional headache was present in 12.3% of those questioned. with 1 hour set as a tentative border for short- versus long-duration exertional headache, there were approximately equal numbers with short- and long-lasting attacks; prevalence of short-lasting attacks was 6.3% and long-lasting attack prevalence was 6.0%. in regards to other epidemiologic and clinical features, the long-lasting cases did not seem to deviate from the short-lasting cases; both categories had a moderate female preponderance and similar age of onset. there was a somewhat higher mean number of "migrainelike featur

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Author

O. Sjaastad; L. S. Bakketeig

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0017-8748)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)