Cervicogenic headache

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In health care, cervicogenic headache, also called post-traumatic headache, is a "secondary headache attributed to trauma of the head and/or the neck."[1]

Patients with cervicogenic headache may have reduced horizontal rotation of the cervical neck.[2]

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  1. Anonymous (2024), Cervicogenic headache (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Hall TM, Briffa K, Hopper D, Robinson K (2010). "Comparative analysis and diagnostic accuracy of the cervical flexion-rotation test.". J Headache Pain 11 (5): 391-7. DOI:10.1007/s10194-010-0222-3. PMID 20508964. Research Blogging.