Is There a Role for Manual Therapy in Vestibular Migraine

Not wanting to grandstand (and I want to thank Roger O’Toole of the Melbourne Headache Centre, my co-author), this month, I want to spotlight a case study series (N=3) involving patients diagnosed with vestibular migraine (VM).

Vestibular migraine is a relatively new diagnosis, with limited understanding of its pathophysiology and therapeutic guidelines. The aim of this study was to describe the changes in clinical presentation and self-reported symptoms of VM in response to manual cervical therapy (MCT), with follow-up observations extending to six months.

A non-randomised *ABA design was used to consecutively and prospectively evaluate patients with a diagnosis of VM. We recorded symptom characteristics, including frequency and intensity, as well as standardised patient-reported outcomes to assess the effects of MCT.

Will the findings be affirmative?

Click to read…

O’Toole R and Watson D. Manual cervical therapy and vestibular

migraine: A case series [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1

approved with reservations]. Health Open Res 2023, 5:12

(https://doi.org/10.12688/healthopenres.13319.3)

Happy reading!

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