Sports, physical activity and headache in the classical age: historical descriptions from the first sports textbook, 'De arte gymnastica', by Girolamo Mercuriale
| Autor: | Alberto Terrin, Ferdinando Maggioni, Federico Mainardi, Giorgio Zanchin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Sports medicine Arabic Physical activity Dermatology Sports Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Classical antiquity medicine Humans Textbooks as Topic 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Exercise Headache General Medicine medicine.disease language.human_language Psychiatry and Mental health Italy Migraine Action (philosophy) History 16th Century language International Classification of Headache Disorders Neurology (clinical) Headaches medicine.symptom Psychology human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Sports |
| Zdroj: | Neurological Sciences. 40:1507-1517 |
| ISSN: | 1590-3478 1590-1874 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10072-018-3657-y |
| Popis: | The relationship between physical activity, sports and headache presents a growing interest, testified by numerous papers recently published. The correlation between headache and sporting activities or physical exercise dates back to the classical age. We aim at promoting the development of more studies focused on the relationship between headache and physical activity. We analysed the book “De arte gymnastica”, written by Girolamo Mercuriale (Forli, Italy, 1530–1606), and considered the first “sports medical textbook”. We discuss these classical literature findings in the light of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition. The Author’s work derives from the systematic revision of Greek, Roman and Arabic literatures about the matter. Despite some references to inveterate headaches or cold-related pains, Mercuriale does not gather specific clinical characterisations of different types of headache. However, interestingly, he reports detailed descriptions of how the same sport, or the same physical activity, could cause or give relief from head pain, depending on the precise way of practising. Mercuriale summarises 18 sports or physical activities that can give relief from headache; conversely, running or heavy activities, such as boxing, appear among the 12 contraindicated sports for people suffering from headache. “De arte gymnastica”, by Girolamo Mercuriale, is the first textbook on sports medicine. Headache if often cited along the treatise: different sports and physical activities, or various ways of practising the same action could produce opposite effects for people suffering from headache. |
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