17 research outputs found
Manual therapies for migraine: a systematic review
Get PDFMigraine 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
Impact of Using Physiotherapy Self-Referral in the Medical–Surgical Neurological Intensive Care Unit
No full textMonitoring Governmental Disposition of Assets: Fashioning Regulatory Substitutes for Market Controls
No full textToward a Cautious Approach to Obeisance: The Role of Scholarship in Federal Circuit Patent Law Jurisprudence
No full textSpanning Ideological Chasms: The Response to Conceptual Segregation in Bowers V. Hardwick
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Profile of patients and physiotherapy patterns in intensive care units in public hospitals in Zimbabwe: a descriptive cross-sectional study
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