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The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of verticality in subjects with migraines and headaches. A cross-sectional study was conducted that included 28 patients with migraine, 74 with tension-type headache (TTH), and 93 healthy subjects. The SVV test was used through a new virtual reality system. The mean absolute error (MAE) of degrees deviation was also measured to qualify subjects as positive when it was greater than 2.5\u00b0. No differences in the prevalence of misperception in verticality was found among healthy subjects (31.18%), migraineurs (21.43%), or those with TTH (33.78%) (p = 0.480). The MAE was not significantly different between the three groups (migraine = 1.36\u00b0, TTH = 1.61\u00b0, and healthy = 1.68\u00b0) (F = 1.097, p = 0.336, and \u03b72 = 0.011). The perception of verticality could not be explained by any variable usually related to headaches. No significant differences exist in the vestibular contribution to the perception of verticality between patients with headaches and healthy subjects. New tests measuring visual and somatosensory contribution should be used to analyze the link between the perception of verticality and headaches.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics10100796","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,7]],"date-time":"2020-10-07T10:28:02Z","timestamp":1602066482000},"page":"796","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["New Mobile Device to Measure Verticality Perception: Results in Young Subjects with Headaches"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6814-1091","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Almagro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, University of Ja\u00e9n, Paraje Las Lagunillas s\/n, 23071 Ja\u00e9n, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8430-5500","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Esteban","family":"Obrero-Gait\u00e1n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, University of Ja\u00e9n, Paraje Las Lagunillas s\/n, 23071 Ja\u00e9n, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2546-6301","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rafael","family":"Lomas-Vega","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, University of Ja\u00e9n, Paraje Las Lagunillas s\/n, 23071 Ja\u00e9n, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7105-9865","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Noelia","family":"Zagalaz-Anula","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, University of Ja\u00e9n, Paraje Las Lagunillas s\/n, 23071 Ja\u00e9n, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1293-2983","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda Catalina","family":"Osuna-P\u00e9rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, University of Ja\u00e9n, Paraje Las Lagunillas s\/n, 23071 Ja\u00e9n, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1989-2988","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexander","family":"Achalandabaso-Ochoa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, University of Ja\u00e9n, Paraje Las Lagunillas s\/n, 23071 Ja\u00e9n, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"135055","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neulet.2020.135055","article-title":"Perception of postural verticality in roll and pitch while sitting and standing in healthy subjects","volume":"730","author":"Bergmann","year":"2020","journal-title":"Neurosci. 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