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Menstrual Migraine Headache: Results of a Controlled, Experimental, Outcome Study of Non‐drug Treatments
Author(s) -
Solbach Patricia,
Sargent Joseph,
Coyne Lolafaye
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1984.hed2402075.x
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , headaches , zolmitriptan , anesthesia , physical therapy , sumatriptan , surgery , agonist , receptor
SYNOPSIS Female migraineurs frequently report a severe migraine headache a few days prior to, during, or immediately following a menstrual period. Menstrual migraines were identified in a study of 193 migraineurs who participated in a controlled, experimental, outcome study of non‐drug treatments for the control of migraine headaches. Participants were required to monitor their daily headache activity and drug usage for 36 weeks and were assigned to one of four groups: (1) No Treatment; (2) Autogenic Phrases; (3) Electromyographic Feedback, and (4) Thermal Feedback. Data were reduced and analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and covariance. There was a tendency for all groups to improve over the 36 weeks. No significant difference was found among the four groups in headache improvement.