Manual therapies for cervicogenic headache: a systematic review

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Review Article

Aleksander Chaibi¹  Michael Bjørn Russell² 

[1] Head and Neck Research Group, Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, 1478, Lørenskog, Oslo, Norway;Head and Neck Research Group, Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, 1478, Lørenskog, Oslo, Norway;Institute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, 1474, Nordbyhagen, Norway;

关键词: Randomized clinical trials;    Manual therapies;    Physiotherapy;    Chiropractic;    Cervicogenic headache;    Treatment;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s10194-012-0436-7

 received in 2011-12-21, accepted in 2012-03-07,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This paper systematically reviewed randomized clinical trials (RCT) assessing the efficacy of manual therapies for cervicogenic headache (CEH). A total of seven RCTs were identified, i.e. one study applied physiotherapy ± temporomadibular mobilization techniques and six studies applied cervical spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). The RCTs suggest that physiotherapy and SMT might be an effective treatment in the management of CEH, but the results are difficult to evaluate, since only one study included a control group that did not receive treatment. Furthermore, the RCTs mostly included participant with infrequent CEH. Future challenges regarding CEH are substantial both from a diagnostic and management point of view.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2012