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Prof. Dr. Débora Bevilaqua-Grossi

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Department of Health Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Interests: headache; migraine disorders; temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome; neck pain; musculoskeletal pain; physical therapy modalities

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Ferreira Carvalho

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Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23562 Luebeck, Germany
Interests: musculoskeletal pain; headache disorders; chronic pain assessment and management; vestibular symptoms; gait and balance analysis; physiotherapy interventions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of the journal Applied Sciences, “Manual Therapeutics and Physiological Basis for Headache”, which aims to publish consistent evidence regarding assessment and conservative management of headache disorders.

Headaches are among the most disabling conditions, being experienced at least once by up to 90% of the world population. Furthermore, these conditions are often presented along with several comorbidities, including neck and craniofacial pain, vestibular symptoms and psychological disorders. For this reason, the multidisciplinary approach addressing the pain and the additional headache manifestations can contribute to an appropriate care and quality of life promotion. Despite the remarkable recent discoveries in the headache field, high quality studies are still lacking. We welcome to our issue both reviews and original studies that aim to provide evidence regarding clinical evaluation and conservative interventions—in special manual therapies—considering patients with primary and secondary headaches. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions on these topics.

Prof. Dr. Débora Bevilaqua-Grossi
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Ferreira Carvalho
Guest Editors

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Keywords

primary headaches
secondary headaches
migraine disorders
tension type headache
cervicogenic headache
musculoskeletal assessment
neurologic evaluation
craniocervical pain
physical therapy
manual therapy
manipulative therapy
rehabilitation

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Open AccessFeature PaperArticle

Is There a Correlation of Cervical Mobility with Clinical Variables and Psychosocial Factors in Women with Migraine?

by Carina F. Pinheiro, Jene C. S. Marçal, Anamaria S. Oliveira, Lidiane L. Florencio, Fabiola Dach, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas and Debora Bevilaqua-Grossi

Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6077; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11136077 - 30 Jun 2021

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We aimed to determine the association of cervical range of motion (ROM) with the clinical features of headache and neck pain and psychosocial factors in patients with migraine. Seventy women diagnosed with migraine were questioned regarding migraine onset and frequency, and the presence, frequency, and intensity of self-reported neck pain. These individuals also completed the following questionnaires: Neck Disability Index, Migraine Disability Assessment, Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia. Active cervical ROM was assessed in the sagittal, frontal, and transverse planes using the Multi-Cervical Unit Rehabilitation^® equipment. Potential associations were calculated using Pearson’s correlation test or Spearman’s correlation (p < 0.05). A weak negative correlation was observed between the PHQ-9 scores and sagittal (ρ = −0.30, p = 0.010), frontal (ρ = −0.34, p = 0.004), and transverse (ρ = −0.31, p = 0.009) cervical ROM. No correlation was found between cervical ROM and kinesiophobia, migraine-related disability, neck pain disability, or clinical features of neck pain and migraine (p > 0.05). Our findings indicated that cervical mobility was associated with the severity of depressive symptoms, but not with the clinical variables of migraine and neck pain, kinesiophobia levels, neck pain disability, and migraine-related disability in women with migraine. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Manual Therapeutics and Physiological Basis for Headache)

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Periosteal Needling to the Cervical Articular Pillars as an Adjunct Intervention for Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain and Headache: A Case Report

by Thomas Perreault, Mike Cummings, Jan Dommerholt, Deanna Hayes and Jonathan Hobbs

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 3122; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063122 - 18 Mar 2022

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(1) Background: Periosteal dry needling (PDN) involves clinicians using a solid filiform needle to stimulate bone for analgesic purposes. This case report presents the use of PDN to the cervical articular pillars (CAPs) in an 85-year-old female with chronic neck pain and headache. (2) Case description: PDN was applied to the right C2–C3 articular pillars, following trigger point dry needling (TrPDN) and manual therapy, in order to provide a direct sensory stimulus to the corresponding sclerotomes. PDN added over two treatments led to improved cervical range of motion and eliminated the patient’s neck pain and headache at 1 week follow-up. (3) Outcomes: At discharge, clinically relevant improvements were demonstrated on the numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), which improved from an 8/10 on intake to a 0/10 at rest and with all movements. In addition, the patient exceeded the risk adjusted predicted four-point score improvement and the minimal clinically important improvement (MCII) value of four points on the Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO) Neck Functional Status (Neck FS). At one month post-discharge, the patient remained symptom-free. (4) Discussion: In the context of an evidence-informed approach for neck pain and headache, PDN led to marked improvements in pain and function. Patient outcomes exceeded predictive analytic expectations for functional gains and efficient utilization of visits and time in days. Combined with other interventions, PDN to the CAPs could be a viable technique to treat chronic neck pain with headache. Full article

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