Cargando…

Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy (SCMT) on the management of acute mountain sickness (AMS)-induced headache. METHODS: One hundred individuals who traveled to Tibet between June and October 2015 were randomized to SCMT and standard AMS pain control grou...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wang, Yuan, Xu, Mengzi, Shi, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31948301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060519898005
_version_ 1783513730854682624
author Wang, Yuan
Xu, Mengzi
Shi, Yan
author_facet Wang, Yuan
Xu, Mengzi
Shi, Yan
author_sort Wang, Yuan
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy (SCMT) on the management of acute mountain sickness (AMS)-induced headache. METHODS: One hundred individuals who traveled to Tibet between June and October 2015 were randomized to SCMT and standard AMS pain control groups. The primary endpoints were headache and vertigo improvement. RESULTS: There were 58 men and 42 women (mean age, 39.3 ± 11.1 years) with no significant differences in sex and age between the SCMT and control groups. However, a history of both headache and hypertension was higher in the controls. The two groups showed significantly improved visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores at 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and 24 hours after treatment compared with baseline. The SCMT group showed higher baseline VAS scores compared with controls, but lower VAS scores at 30 minutes. Improvements were also noted in dizziness, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. There were no adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: SCMT can be used to relieve AMS-induced headache, dizziness, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation of people traveling rapidly to high altitudes, but the symptoms were only evaluated for 24 hours. SCMT may be suitable for the management of AMS for patients who want to avoid drugs and oxygen inhalation.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7113709
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher SAGE Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-71137092020-04-09 Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness Wang, Yuan Xu, Mengzi Shi, Yan J Int Med Res Retrospective Clinical Research Report OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy (SCMT) on the management of acute mountain sickness (AMS)-induced headache. METHODS: One hundred individuals who traveled to Tibet between June and October 2015 were randomized to SCMT and standard AMS pain control groups. The primary endpoints were headache and vertigo improvement. RESULTS: There were 58 men and 42 women (mean age, 39.3 ± 11.1 years) with no significant differences in sex and age between the SCMT and control groups. However, a history of both headache and hypertension was higher in the controls. The two groups showed significantly improved visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores at 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and 24 hours after treatment compared with baseline. The SCMT group showed higher baseline VAS scores compared with controls, but lower VAS scores at 30 minutes. Improvements were also noted in dizziness, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. There were no adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: SCMT can be used to relieve AMS-induced headache, dizziness, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation of people traveling rapidly to high altitudes, but the symptoms were only evaluated for 24 hours. SCMT may be suitable for the management of AMS for patients who want to avoid drugs and oxygen inhalation. SAGE Publications 2020-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7113709/ /pubmed/31948301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060519898005 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Retrospective Clinical Research Report
Wang, Yuan
Xu, Mengzi
Shi, Yan
Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
title Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
title_full Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
title_fullStr Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
title_short Efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
title_sort efficacy of spinal chiropractic manipulative therapy for adjusting the relationship between cervical facet joints to treat headache caused by acute mountain sickness
topic Retrospective Clinical Research Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31948301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060519898005
work_keys_str_mv AT wangyuan efficacyofspinalchiropracticmanipulativetherapyforadjustingtherelationshipbetweencervicalfacetjointstotreatheadachecausedbyacutemountainsickness
AT xumengzi efficacyofspinalchiropracticmanipulativetherapyforadjustingtherelationshipbetweencervicalfacetjointstotreatheadachecausedbyacutemountainsickness
AT shiyan efficacyofspinalchiropracticmanipulativetherapyforadjustingtherelationshipbetweencervicalfacetjointstotreatheadachecausedbyacutemountainsickness