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Ronald G Riechers¹, Mark F Walker¹, Robert L Ruff²

¹Neurology and PolyTrauma Services, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Summary

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Headaches are a common complication following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), often presenting as mixed headache disorders. Management strategies for post-traumatic headaches involve both medication and non-medication approaches.

Keywords:

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)behavioral medicine migraine headache postconcussive symptoms tension-type headache

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Neurology
Pain Medicine
Trauma Research

Background:

Headaches are a frequent complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Milder TBIs are paradoxically more likely to result in headaches.
Headache presentation is often a mixed disorder, combining tension-type and migrainous features.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the incidence and characteristics of headaches following TBI.
To review the underlying mechanisms contributing to post-traumatic headaches.
To outline current and potential management strategies for post-traumatic headaches.

Main Methods:

Literature review of studies on TBI and headache.
Analysis of clinical presentations of post-traumatic headaches.
Synthesis of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment approaches.

Main Results:

Trauma can induce headaches through altered neuronal signaling, inflammation, and musculoskeletal changes.
Treatment is guided by headache characteristics, utilizing abortive and prophylactic pharmacologic agents.
Non-pharmacologic interventions include physical modalities and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Conclusions:

Post-traumatic headaches are common, particularly after mild TBI.
Effective management requires a comprehensive approach addressing headache type and comorbidities.
While headaches may resolve, up to 25% of patients experience chronic long-term headaches.