TY - JOUR
T1 - Team players against headache
T2 - multidisciplinary treatment of primary headaches and medication overuse headache
AU - Gaul, Charly
AU - Visscher, Corine M
AU - Bhola, Rhia
AU - Sorbi, Marjolijn J
AU - Galli, Federica
AU - Rasmussen, Annette
AU - Jensen, Rigmor
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Multidisciplinary approaches are gaining acceptance in headache treatment. However, there is a lack of scientific data about the efficacy of various strategies and their combinations offered by physiotherapists, physicians, psychologists and headache nurses. Therefore, an international platform for more intense collaboration between these professions and between headache centers is needed. Our aims were to establish closer collaboration and an interchange of knowledge between headache care providers and different disciplines. A scientific session focusing on multidisciplinary headache management was organised at The European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC) 2010 in Nice. A summary of the contributions and the discussion is presented. It was concluded that effective multidisciplinary headache treatment can reduce headache frequency and burden of disease, as well as the risk for medication overuse headache. The significant value of physiotherapy, education in headache schools, and implementation of strategies of cognitive behavioural therapy was highlighted and the way paved for future studies and international collaboration.
AB - Multidisciplinary approaches are gaining acceptance in headache treatment. However, there is a lack of scientific data about the efficacy of various strategies and their combinations offered by physiotherapists, physicians, psychologists and headache nurses. Therefore, an international platform for more intense collaboration between these professions and between headache centers is needed. Our aims were to establish closer collaboration and an interchange of knowledge between headache care providers and different disciplines. A scientific session focusing on multidisciplinary headache management was organised at The European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC) 2010 in Nice. A summary of the contributions and the discussion is presented. It was concluded that effective multidisciplinary headache treatment can reduce headache frequency and burden of disease, as well as the risk for medication overuse headache. The significant value of physiotherapy, education in headache schools, and implementation of strategies of cognitive behavioural therapy was highlighted and the way paved for future studies and international collaboration.
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-011-0364-y
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-011-0364-y
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1129-2369
VL - 12
SP - 511
EP - 519
JO - Journal of Headache and Pain
JF - Journal of Headache and Pain
IS - 5
ER -