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Papers: 13 April 2024 - 19 April 2024


2024 Apr 13


Curr Pain Headache Rep


38613735

Therapeutic Patient Education as Part of the Physiotherapy Management of Adults with Headache: A Scoping Review.

Authors

Mingels S, Granitzer M, Luedtke K, Dankaerts W

Abstract

Physiotherapy interventions for headache mostly include exercise and manual therapy. Yet, the complex nature of headache, sometimes characterized by symptoms of facilitated central pain mechanisms, demands an individualized approach in which therapeutic patient education could be supportive. This scoping review aimed to summarize the position of therapeutic patient education within the physiotherapy management of adults with headache. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched. The search-query comprised terminology relating to “headache”, “education”, and “physiotherapy”. Eligibility criteria were: adults with headache, interventions including education within the domain of physiotherapy, reviews, clinical trials, cohort, case report, case-control studies.