Helmet-related, external compression headache among police officers in Rio de Janeiro.
Year: 2004
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Summary
The International Headache Society has classified the external compression headache as a kind of cranial neuralgia caused by continued external pressure over the head. This headache has peculiar characteristics and resolves after pressure is relieved. The aim of this study was to analyze the occurrence of this headache type among 82 police officers who reported headache after wearing a helmet. We retrospectively studied 82 patients (79 men, 3 women), age 19–35 years (mean, 26), who presented to an outpatient neurology department in a military police hospital with complaints of headache associated with wearing a helmet on at least 3 occasions. The headache subsided after removal of the helmet. During subsequent follow-up consultations, designed to reevaluate the patients and to renew the authorization releasing helmet use, no patients described recurrence of the head pain. We conclude that headache caused by external compression can be related to wearing a helmet, and headache relief can be obtained simply by not wearing such a helmet.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Abouch Krymchantowski, Jackeline Soraya Barbosa, Marcio Cvaigman, Willians Lorenzatto, Marcus Tulius Silva
Institution: Universidade Federal Fluminense
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2991675854