Manual therapies for migraine: A systematic review

Aleksander Chaibi; Peter J. Tuchin; Michael Bjørn Russell

doi:10.1007/s10194-011-0296-6

Manual therapies for migraine: A systematic review

Aleksander Chaibi^*
, Peter J. Tuchin
, Michael Bjørn Russell

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Migraine occurs in about 15% of the general population. Migraine is usually managed by medication, but some patients do not tolerate migraine medication due to side effects or prefer to avoid medication for other reasons. Non-pharmacological management is an alternative treatment option. We systematically reviewed randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on manual therapies for migraine. The RCTs suggest that massage therapy, physiotherapy, relaxation and chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy might be equally effective as propranolol and topiramate in the prophylactic management of migraine. However, the evaluated RCTs had many methodological shortcomings. Therefore, any firm conclusion will require future, well-conducted RCTs on manual therapies for migraine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-133
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Headache and Pain
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-011-0296-6
Publication status	Published - Apr 2011

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