Rehabbing migraine: A pilot study on multimodal physiotherapy for pain, strength, disability, posture, and quality of life
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Rehabbing migraine: A pilot study on multimodal physiotherapy for pain, strength, disability, posture, and quality of life
Abstract
Migraine is a severe headache that causes throbbing, pulsing head pain on one side of the head. The headache phase of a migraine usually lasts at least four hours, but it can also last for days. Considering the multitude of contributing factors to migraine, a multimodal treatment may be an effective therapeutic option. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits of the multimodal approach, including cervical spine traction, myofascial release, trigger point release, relaxation exercise, stretching and strengthening exercises, in the treatment of patients with migraine. Sixteen 18-55 years old individuals both male and female diagnosed with migraine were randomly assigned into two groups; Group A (control group, n = 8) who received Active ROM of Cervical and active stretching exercises only the multimodal approach or group B (experimental group, n = 8) who received the multimodal approach. The trial evaluated the cutaneous allodynia, craniovertebral angle (CVA), disability, posture, cervical deep flexor strength and quality of life at baseline, end of 4th weeks and end of 8th weeks after intervention. Following the 8 weeks, multimodal exercise program significant improvements in cervical deep flexor strength, posture, disability and quality of life were observed in intervention group compared to the control group. Finding of the present study showed that a multimodal exercise program improving problems associated with migraine in patients.
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Saurabh Kumar, M. Ejaz Hussain, Sonia Pawaria, 2024. Rehabbing migraine: A pilot study on multimodal physiotherapy for pain, strength, disability, posture, and quality of life. Int. J. Biosci., 24(6), 170-177.
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