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@#ObjectiveTo explore the possible pathogeny of tension headache(TH) as well as some emotional and cognitive function impediment.Methods53 cases with tension headache were given coronal CT or MRI examination and cervix X-ray examination.Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS),Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) and Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE) were used to assess their emotion and cognition.ResultsThere were 14 cases of magnitude mental events induced anxiety and/or depression,23 cases of work tensions induced anxiety,14 cases of work tensions induced depression,and 12 cases of lightly cognitive impediment.ConclusionTension headache patients usually related with continued convulsion of cervical muscle induced by hard work and life.Most of them represent more or less emotional impediment,part of them represent lightly cognitive impediment.