ARCHIBALD H C
Calif Med. 1955 Mar;82(3):186-7.
A technique consisting of the application of digital pressure to posterior neck muscles was applied at the time of headache to 82 neuropsychiatric patients observed at a Veterans Administration Mental Hygiene Clinic. Results indicated correlation between sustained muscular contraction of neck muscles and pain in the head. Certain commonalities among the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles of the patients were noted and a new scale of items was developed which may prove useful in identifying headache-prone persons and their psychological characteristics. Repression was not found to be higher than the populational mean.
在一家退伍军人管理局心理卫生诊所对82名神经精神病患者进行观察时,在头痛发作时采用了一种对颈部后部肌肉施加指压的技术。结果表明颈部肌肉持续收缩与头痛之间存在相关性。研究记录了这些患者明尼苏达多相人格调查表概况中的某些共性,并制定了一套新的项目量表,该量表可能有助于识别易患头痛的人群及其心理特征。研究发现压抑水平并不高于总体均值。