J Korean Child Neurol Soc.  2014 Mar;22(1):17-19.

Primary Exercise Headache attributed to Jump Rope in Children: Case Report

• Rho YI

Abstract

Primary exercise headache (PEH) is usually precipitated by prolonged physically strenuous exercise. The headache is usually bilateral, severe, and pulsating in character in the patients with exercise headache. The pathophysiological mechanisms of PEH are still unknown. Most investigators believe it is vascular in origin, hypothesizing that venous or arterial distension secondary to physical exercise is the pain-inducing mechanism. The jump-rope could also evoke PEH due to intracranial venous congestion from retrograde jugular venous flow. Indomethacin is known to be effective for the majority of the cases. This is the first case with primary exercise headache from the jump-rope in Korean children.

Keyword

Headache; Exercise; Jump rope

MeSH Terms

Child*
Exercise
Headache*
Humans
Hyperemia
Indomethacin
Research Personnel
Indomethacin