抄録
An Internet survey was conducted to clarify the state of exercise habits of headache patients and the effects of exercise habits on headaches. The subjects were men and women in their 20s to 40s who had headaches. Of the 650 headache sufferers, patients were divided into a migraine group (n = 248) and an other headaches group (n = 402). The impact of headaches on daily life was greater and the percentage of people with allodynia was higher in the migraine group. There was no difference in exercise habits between the two groups, and about 60% had no exercise habits. Walking was the most common form of exercise currently practiced by the patients with exercise habits, and about 45% felt that exercising when they did not have a headache prevented headaches. We further analyzed exercise habits by dividing the patients into an improvement group (performed exercise and did not get headaches) and a non-improvement group (exercise was not effective in preventing headaches). In the improvement group, many people thought that not only exercise but also light exercise, such as stretching, could prevent headaches. In addition, exercise prevented not only headache but also allodynia among allodynia patients in the improvement group. In this study, it was found that some people can prevent headaches by exercising, but many of those with headaches do not have exercise habits.
