Revista de neurologia
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Revista de neurologia · Nov 2013
Review[Therapeutic exercise as treatment for migraine and tension-type headaches: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials].
AIM. To analyse the effectiveness of therapeutic exercise on migraines and tension-type headaches (TTH). MATERIALS AND METHODS. ⋯ CONCLUSIONS. Results show that therapeutic exercise is a safe treatment that provides beneficial effects on migraines or TTH. Further RCT are required in the future with appropriate methodological designs to confirm these results.
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Revista de neurologia · Nov 2013
Observational Study[Validation of the ice pack test in ophthalmoparesis due to myasthenia gravis].
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction that presents clinically as fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles, as of the ocular region (myasthenia ocular). ⋯ Ice pack test, both palpebral ptosis and ophthalmoparesis is a simple test, safe, cheap, fast and reliable to be used routinely in patients suspected of palpebral ptosis and/or ophthalmoparesis due to myasthenia gravis, and which has a high validity, safety, and reproducibility as a diagnostic test.