Are manual therapies effective at reducing chronic tension headache frequency in adults?

Authors

Denver Hager, UC Health Family Medicine, Westminster, CO
Rick Guthmann, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Hager D, Guthmann R. Are manual therapies effective at reducing chronic tension headache frequency in adults?. J Fam Pract. 2023;72(8):348-355. doi:10.12788/jfp.0670

Affiliations

Advocate Illinois Masonic

Abstract

MAYBE. Among patients with chronic tension headaches, manual therapies may reduce headache frequency more than sham manual therapy, usual care, or exercise treatments-by 1.5 to 4.2 headaches or days with headache per week (strength of recommendation, B; preponderance of evidence from primarily small, heterogeneous randomized controlled trials [RCTs]).

Type

Article

PubMed ID

37862623