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- Title
A pilot exploratory study comparing the King-Devick test (KDT) during and between migraine attacks.
- Authors
Chiang, Chia-Chun; Starling, Amaal J; Buras, Matthew R; Golafshar, Michael A; VanderPluym, Juliana H
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The King-Devick test is a timed rapid number naming task that involves complex cerebral functions. The objective of this pilot exploratory study is to determine whether there is a difference in the King-Devick test during a migraine attack compared to the interictal phase.<bold>Methods: </bold>We evaluated 29 adult subjects with migraine with aura or migraine without aura. For each participant, we performed King-Devick tests during migraine attacks and interictal phases. Subjects served as their own controls.<bold>Results: </bold>The King-Devick test was slower during the migraine attack compared to the interictal baseline (median 4.6 sec slower, p < 0.001). The slowing of the King-Devick test during migraine attack was more prominent in those with migraine with aura compared to subjects with migraine without aura (median 7.5 vs. 2.8 sec, p = 0.028).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>This exploratory, observational study shows changes in the King-Devick test during migraine compared to the interictal phase. Future studies are required to determine if the King-Devick test may be used as a rapid and simple tool to objectively characterize migraine-associated disability.
- Subjects
MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE aura; PILOT projects; RAPID tooling
- Publication
Cephalalgia, 2020, Vol 40, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
0333-1024
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0333102419885381