Osteopathic treatments for patients with episodic migraine

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: G43.1; Migraine with aura [classical migraine]

• Registration Number: DRKS00026794
• Lead Sponsor: Akademie für Osteopathie e.V.

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-13
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 330

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have a diagnosis of migraine, with or without aura, according to International Headache Society criteria
- 4 to <15 migraine days/ per month during the 3 months prior to study entry
- Migraine must have been present for at least 12 months
- A written informed consent form must be signed
- Sufficient knowledge of the German language

Exclusion Criteria

- Onset of headache after the age of 50.
- Use of analgesics more than 3 days per month for other chronic pain.
- Pregnancy; lactation
- Patients with pre-existing heart disease
- Patients with relatively severe systemic diseases
- Patients with neurological diseases
- Osteopathic treatments during the last 12 months
- Chronic migraine
- tension-type headache more than 10 days per month
- menstrual migraine with or without aura
- Trigeminal autonomic headache disorders
- Secondary headache disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Do osteopathic treatments of patients with episodic migraine have an influence on the number of migraine days/month recorded with the electronic headache diary of the Kiel Pain Clinic

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recording the severity of the migraine attack, functional impairment, assessment of quality of life, medication use during the attack, and side effects of therapy.