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The effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation in the treatment of headache: an exploration in the literature.

@article{Vernon1995TheEO,
  title={The effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation in the treatment of headache: an exploration in the literature.},
  author={Howard T Vernon},
  journal={Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics},
  year={1995},
  volume={18 9},
  pages={
          611-17
        }
}
  • H. Vernon
  • Published 1 November 1995
  • Medicine, Psychology
  • Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
OBJECTIVE To review the literature on outcome studies of chiropractic/manipulation for tension-type and migraine headaches. DESIGN Qualitative literature review. RESULTS Of nine studies of manipulation for tension-type headaches that reported quantitative outcomes, four were randomized clinical trials and five were case series designs. These studies reported on 729 subjects, 613 of whom received manipulation. Outcomes ranged from good to excellent. Manipulation seems to be better than no… 
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  • J. AstinE. Ernst
  • Medicine, Psychology
    Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache
  • 2002
TLDR
Despite claims that spinal manipulation is an effective treatment for headache, the data available to date do not support such definitive conclusions and it is unclear to what extent the observed treatment effects can be explained by manipulation or by nonspecific factors.
CHIROPRACTIC MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA
  • Peter CattleyP. Tuchin
  • Medicine, Psychology
    Australasian chiropractic & osteopathy : journal of the Chiropractic & Osteopathic College of Australasia
  • 1999
TLDR
It now appears clear that chiropractic care may be used to assist patients with migraine, following a study of the response of a patient with chronic migraines to a short program of chiropractor care.
Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for cervicogenic headache: a study protocol of a single-blinded placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial
TLDR
This is the first prospective manual therapy three-armed single-blinded placebo-controlled RCT to be conducted for CEH and follows the recommended clinical trial guidelines by the International Headache Society.
Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for migraine: a study protocol of a single-blinded placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial
TLDR
The efficacy of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) for migraineurs in a single-blinded placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial (RCT) is assessed.
The relative effectiveness of cervical spine manipulation and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (Ibuprofen) in the treatment of episodic tension-type headaches
TLDR
It is shown that cervical spine manipulation is more effective than Ibuprofen® for the treatment of ETTH in terms of several subjective outcomes namely: pain intensity (NRS-101), and the frequency and the duration of headache per day.
Noninvasive treatments for headache
  • D. Biondi
  • Medicine, Psychology
    Expert review of neurotherapeutics
  • 2005
TLDR
Physical therapy is more effective than massage therapy or acupuncture for the treatment of tension-type headache and appears to be most beneficial for patients with a high frequency of headache attacks, and Chiropractic manipulation demonstrated a trend towards benefit in the treatment, but evidence is weak.
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TLDR
It is recommended that RTB remain the nonmedical treatment of choice for migraine, and that PT may be a useful adjunct for patients who fail to improve with relaxation training/thermal biofeedback after such treatment.
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TLDR
Although the risk of injury associated with MCS appears to be small, this type of therapy has the potential to expose patients to vertebral artery damage that can be avoided with the use of mobilization (nonthrust passive movements).
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TLDR
There was a notable difference in average analgesic pill consumption between the two treatment groups throughout the study, and it was hypothesised that a combination of upper cervical and upper thoracic chiropractic manipulative therapy would be more effective than upper cervical chiropractor manipulative therapy alone.
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