Migraine is a typically unilateral disorder in adulthood; however, the reasons for painful lateralization have been little investigated. The possible influence of manual dominance was suggested. We aimed to investigate the localization of pain in migraine attacks in right-handed and left-handed subjects. The retrospective study collected 546 patients with migraine aged between 16 and 65 years, reporting the manual dominance to the Edinburgh test. We included 466 right-handed and 80 left-handed subjects with migraine. We registered 4215 unilateral painful attacks. The right-handers had 3412 unilateral episodes; 62.8% of the attacks were characterized by pain on the right side and 37.2% by pain on the left. The left-handed subjects reported 803 unilateral pain with 63.5% of unilateral pain episodes on the left side and 36.5% of attacks with lateralized pain on the right (p < 0.001). Our data suggest that manual dominance may influence the side of pain lateralization in migraine.

La Pegna, G.B., Quatrosi, G., Vetri, L., Reina, F., Galati, C., Manzo, M.L., et al. (2021). Migraine and handedness. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 42(7), 2965-2968 [10.1007/s10072-021-05111-7].

Migraine and handedness

Quatrosi, Giuseppe;Vetri, Luigi;Reina, Federica;Galati, Cristina;Manzo, Maria Laura;Nocera, Giovanna Martina;Brighina, Filippo;
2021-07-01

Abstract

Migraine is a typically unilateral disorder in adulthood; however, the reasons for painful lateralization have been little investigated. The possible influence of manual dominance was suggested. We aimed to investigate the localization of pain in migraine attacks in right-handed and left-handed subjects. The retrospective study collected 546 patients with migraine aged between 16 and 65 years, reporting the manual dominance to the Edinburgh test. We included 466 right-handed and 80 left-handed subjects with migraine. We registered 4215 unilateral painful attacks. The right-handers had 3412 unilateral episodes; 62.8% of the attacks were characterized by pain on the right side and 37.2% by pain on the left. The left-handed subjects reported 803 unilateral pain with 63.5% of unilateral pain episodes on the left side and 36.5% of attacks with lateralized pain on the right (p < 0.001). Our data suggest that manual dominance may influence the side of pain lateralization in migraine.
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La Pegna, G.B., Quatrosi, G., Vetri, L., Reina, F., Galati, C., Manzo, M.L., et al. (2021). Migraine and handedness. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 42(7), 2965-2968 [10.1007/s10072-021-05111-7].
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