Effect of Atlas Vertebrae Realignment in Subjects with Migraine: An Observational Pilot Study.
Introduction. In a migraine case study, headache symptoms significantly decreased with an accompanying increase in intracranial compliance index following atlas vertebrae realignment. This observational pilot study followed eleven neurologist diagnosed migraine subjects to determine if the case find...
| Publicado en: | BioMed Research International Vol. 2015; pp. 1 - 19 |
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| Formato: | diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
12/10/2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=114128261&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 114128261 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 23146133 FT2T jtl: BioMed Research International issn: 23146133 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 12/10/2015 vid: 2015 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 114128261 114128261 114128261 10.1155/2015/630472 114128261 ppf: 1 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Effect of Atlas Vertebrae Realignment in Subjects with Migraine: An Observational Pilot Study. aug: au: Woodfield III, H. Charles Hasick, D. Gordon Becker, Werner J. Rose, Marianne S. Scott, James N. affil: Upper Cervical Research Foundation, 5353 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 350, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA. sug: subj: Cervical Atlas Migraine Manipulation, Chiropractic Nonexperimental Studies Human Hemodynamics Quality of Life Prospective Studies ab: Introduction. In a migraine case study, headache symptoms significantly decreased with an accompanying increase in intracranial compliance index following atlas vertebrae realignment. This observational pilot study followed eleven neurologist diagnosed migraine subjects to determine if the case findings were repeatable at baseline, week four, and week eight, following a National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association intervention. Secondary outcomes consisted of migraine-specific quality of lifemeasures. Methods. After examination by a neurologist, volunteers signed consent forms and completed baseline migraine-specific outcomes. Presence of atlas misalignment allowed study inclusion, permitting baseline MRI data collection. Chiropractic care continued for eight weeks. Postintervention reimaging occurred at week four and week eight concomitant with migraine-specific outcomes measurement. Results. Five of eleven subjects exhibited an increase in the primary outcome, intracranial compliance; however, mean overall change showed no statistical significance. End of study mean changes in migraine-specific outcome assessments, the secondary outcome, revealed clinically significant improvement in symptoms with a decrease in headache days. Discussion. The lack of robust increase in compliance may be understood by the logarithmic and dynamic nature of intracranial hemodynamic and hydrodynamic flow, allowing individual components comprising compliance to change while overall it did not. Study results suggest that the atlas realignment intervention may be associated with a reduction in migraine frequency andmarked improvement in quality of life yielding significant reduction in headache-related disability as observed in this cohort. Future study with controls is necessary, however, to confirm these findings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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