Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Patients With Chronic Headache (OMTHA)
Headache, Cephalgia, Migraine
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Headache focused on measuring headache, migraine, cephalgia, osteopathic manipulative treatment
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- chronic or recurrent headaches at least as often as one time per week
Exclusion Criteria:
- recent head trauma
- brain disease or pathology
- seizure disorder
- using beta or alpha blocker medications
- allergy to sticky tape used to affix leads to skin
Sites / Locations
- Western University of Health Sciences
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
Experimental
Active Comparator
OMT to the head and rest of body
Light touch
OMT with CV4 to head
OMT to the body except the head region
OMT is the intervention that will be applied to areas of somatic dysfunction as well as to the head using a compression of the fourth ventricle (CV4) technique.
Light touch will be applied to the head region for 10 minutes with the patient at rest in the supine position.
OMT is the intervention using the CV4 technique to the head region for 10 minutes with patient at rest.
OMT is the intervention that will be applied to areas of somatic dysfunction in any region except the head.