Spinal manipulations for tension-type headaches: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-239

  Posadzki, P ^a   Ernst, E ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Effectiveness; Spinal manipulation; Systematic review; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SOFT TISSUE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; XEROSTOMIA;

HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 84860841552     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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