Headache 

Current Issue Highlights

Highlights from the July/August 2017 issue:

Allodynia is associated with initial and sustained response to acute migraine treatment: results from the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AMPP) study
Lipton RB, Munjal S, Buse DC, Bennett A, Fanning KM, Burstein R, Reed ML
The presence of allodynia is associated with lower rates of 2-hour post-treatment pain freedom and 24-hour post-treatment pain relief. Allodynia is a predictor of treatment response regardless of the type of prescribed acute migraine medication used.

Forecasting individual headache attacks: development of a multivariable prediction model for persons with episodic migraine
Houle TT, Turner, DP, Golding, AN, Porter, JAH, Martin, VT, Penzien, DB and Tegeler, CH
This longitudinal study assessed self-reported frequency and intensity of mental stress as a predictor of headache occurring within the following 24 hours. The forecasting model had fair predictive accuracy, with an area under the curve of 0.73 in the training sample and 0.65 in the validation sample.

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