Effect of Mulligan's Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide and Positional Release Technique on Pain, Range of Motion and Headache Disability Among Subjects with Cervicogenic Headache.

Introdution: Cervicogenic headaches are unilateral frontotemporal headaches with clinical symptoms similar to migraine. A significant issue for many patients with upper cervical dysfunction is cervicogenic headache, which presents significant challenges for physical therapy management. Objectives: T...

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Publicado en:Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 33 - 40
Autores principales: Prakash, J., Nagarani R., Yazhini, A., Sivakumar, S., Bhojan, Kannabiran
Formato: clinical trial pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Institute of Medico-legal publications Pvt Ltd Jan-Mar2025
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Sumario:Introdution: Cervicogenic headaches are unilateral frontotemporal headaches with clinical symptoms similar to migraine. A significant issue for many patients with upper cervical dysfunction is cervicogenic headache, which presents significant challenges for physical therapy management. Objectives: To determine how well the positional release method and Mulligan's SNAGs effect on headache disability, pain, and range of movement in cervicogenic headache patients. Methodology: A purposive sampling strategy was used in a quasi-experimental investigation. Individuals who met the selection criteria and had a clinical diagnosis of cervicogenic headache of were chosen and two groups were formed for cervicogenic headache. Group B received a home exercise program and positional release technique, while Group A received the Mulligan's SNAG program. Outcome Measures: Pain, cervical rotation range of motion, headache disability index. Results: A paired "t" test and an independent "t" test were used to evaluate the data at the 5% significance level. The pre- and post-test mean values indicate a decrease in headache severity. The post-test results showed a considerable variation for the outcome variables of pain, range of motion, and headache impairment between the two groups; nevertheless, the group showed higher gains. Conclusion: According to this study, patients with cervicogenic headaches who took Mulligan's C1-C2 sustained natural apophyseal showed improved pain relief, increased range of motion, and decreased headache disability.