Prevalence of International Headache Society (HIS) defined migraine and “footballer’s migraine” by activity
| Activity | IHS criteria migraine | Footballer’s migraine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| Values are percentages; N = 160. Note: the categories are not mutually exclusive. | ||||
| *Symptoms from all football related activities were pooled to generate IHS or footballer’s migraine diagnosis. | ||||
| †Symptoms from all activities were pooled to generate IHS or footballer’s migraine diagnosis. | ||||
| Hit to head | 1.3 | 0 to 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.6 to 8.4 |
| Running | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.1 to 4.9 |
| Weight training | 0.6 | 0 to 1.9 | 0.6 | 0 to 1.9 |
| Any football activity* | 2.5 | 0 to 5.0 | 10.0 | 5.2 to 14.8 |
| Unrelated to football | 2.5 | 0 to 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.1 to 4.9 |
| Combined symptoms over all activities† | 4.4 | 1.1 to 7.6 | 13.8 | 8.3 to 19.2 |