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    Short- and medium-term effects of manual therapy on the upper cervical spine combined with exercise vs isolated exercise in patients with cervicogenic headache: a randomized controlled trial
    (Elsevier, 2022) Rodríguez-Sanz, Jacobo; Malo-Urriés, Miguel; Corral-de-Toro, Jaime; Lucha López, María Osoria; López-de-Celis, Carlos; Pérez-Bellmunt, Albert; Hernández-Secorún, Mar; Ruiz de Escudero Zapico, Alazne; Krauss, John; Hidalgo-García, César; Ciencias de la Salud; Osasun Zientziak
    Background: Cervicogenic headache is defined as a unilateral headache associated with a lack of range of motion. The effect of manual therapy applied to the upper cervical spine combined with cervical exercises in this patient population is currently unknown. Objective: To determine if adding manual therapy to an exercise and home-exercise program is more effective by reducing symptoms and improving function in the short- and mid-term than just applying exercises in patients with cervicogenic headache. Methods: Randomized controlled trial. 40 participants with cervicogenic headache were recruited (20 = Manual Therapy + Exercise and 20 = Exercise). Each group received four 20-min sessions weekly and a home exercise regime. Upper cervical flexion and flexion-rotation test, HIT-6, headache intensity, craniocervical flexion test, pain pressure thresholds, GROC-scale, and adherence to self-treatment were measured at the beginning and end of the intervention, and again at 3-(short-term) and 6-month (mid-term) follow-ups. Results: The Manual Therapy + Exercise group showed a statistically significant improvement in all short- and mid-term variables (p <.05) compared to the exercise group except for the variable pain pressure thresholds first metacarpal joint right and left short-term and adherence to self-treatment short-term. Conclusion: Four 20-min sessions of manual therapy and an exercise protocol along with a home exercise regime is more effective in the short and mid-term than an exercise protocol and a home exercise regime for patients with cervicogenic headache. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd