Authors Year | Country/ Region | Population/ Profession | Study Method | Sample size | Themes †| Prevalence use based on Headache Groupings |
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Ailliet et al 2010 [65] | Europe (Belgium) | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Postal questionnaire by chiropractors | 517 patients | 1 | Headache: Chiropractic 1.9% |
Bethell et al 2013 [76] | North America | General population | Secondary analysis of national survey | 2411 | 2 | Â |
Bigal et al 2008 [19] | North America | General population | Longitudinal study following a cohort of headache sufferers | Chronic migraine (520), Episodic migraine (9424) | 1 | Chronic migraine: Chiropractic 36.2% Physiotherapist 13.3% Episodic migraine: Chiropractic 25.7%, Physiotherapy 4.2% |
Brown et al 2014 [61] | Australia | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Cross-sectional survey completed by patients | 486 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic 5.5% |
Cherkin et al 2002 [62] | North America | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Practitioner completed questionnaire | 2550 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic Massachusetts 4.6%, Arizona 6.4% |
Cooke et al 2010 [49] | North America | General population | Telephone survey to public | 1210 | 1 | Migraine: Chiropractic 6%, Massage 2%, Osteopathy 1% |
Coulter et al 2002 [66] | North America | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Patient questionnaires | 1275 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic 4.0% |
Brown et al, 2013 [69] | Australia | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Cross-sectional general population survey questionnaire | 757 | 1 | Headache: Chiropractic 45.5% |
French et al 2013 [64] | Australia | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Cross-sectional observational practitioner survey | 4464 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic 4% |
Gaul et al 2009 [70] | Europe (Germany/Austria) | Headache clinic population | Questionnaire based patient survey | 432 | 1,2,3,4 | Mixed primary headaches: Massage 46.1%, Physiotherapy 27.8% |
Gaul et al 2011 [72] | Europe (Germany/Austria) | Headache clinic population | Questionnaire-based survey | 448 | 1,2 | Migraine (78.5%): Physiotherapy 18.7%, Massage 56.4% |
Gaumer G 2006 [56] | North America | General population | Random telephone survey | 800 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic 5.3% |
Goksel et al 2014 [73] | Europe (Turkey) | Headache clinic population | Patient questionnaire through interview | 110 | 1,2,4 | Migraine (64.6%): Massage 51% |
Hartvigsen et al 2003 [68] | Europe (Denmark) | Manual Therapy/Chiropractic | Questionnaire data collected by practitioners | 1897 patients | 1 | Headache: Chiropractic 4% |
Jackson P 2001 [63] | North America | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Postal questionnaire to chiropractors | 1500 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic 15.4% |
Kristoffersen et al 2012 [20] | Europe (Norway) | General population | Cross-sectional epidemiological survey | 405 | 1,2 | All Primary Headaches: Chiropractic 28% Physiotherapy 52% |
Kristoffersen et al 2013 [79] | Europe (Norway) | General population | Cross-sectional epidemiological postal survey and clinical interview | 253 primary 82 secondary | 4 | Â |
Lambert et al 2010 [77] | Europe (UK) | Headache clinic population | Self-administered questionnaire | 92 | 2,3 | Â |
Europe (Denmark) | General population | Medical doctor interviews | 740 | 1 | Mostly migraine: Chiropractic 9% Physiotherapy 5% | |
Malone et al 2012 [71] | North America | General population | On-line survey via migraine website | 2735 | 1 | Migraine: Massage 29.7% |
Minen et al 2014 | North America | Headache clinic population | Secondary analysis of baseline questionnaire data | 225 | 1,2 | Migraine with/without aura: Chiropractic 27.1%, Massage 18.2%, Physiotherapy 4.9% |
Morin et al 2014 [54] | North America (Quebec) | Manual Therapy population | Prospective survey | 1402 | 1 | Migraine: Osteopathy 1.7% Headaches: Osteopathy 2.7% |
Ndetan et al 2009 [57] | North America | General population | Secondary Survey analysis | 31248 | 1 | Headache: Chiropractic 15.1% |
Orrock P 2009 [75] | Australia | Manual Therapy population/Osteopathy | Mailed practitioner questionnaire | 2238 patient records | 1 | Headache: Osteopathy 10% |
Ossendorf et al 2009 [60] | Europe (Germany) | Pain clinic population | Physician-administered structured interview and questionnaires | 288 (136 with Headache) | 1,4 | Headache: Chiropractic 22%, Physiotherapy 35%, Osteopathy 9%, Massage 54% |
Rossi et al 2005 [53] | Europe (Italy) | Headache clinic population | Physician-administered structured interview | 481 | 1,2,3,4 | Migraine: Massage 10.1%, Chiropractic 8.9%, Osteopathy 2.7% |
Rossi et al 2006 [58] | Italy | Headache clinic population | Physician-administered structured interview | 110 | 1,2,3,4 | Headache (CTTH): Chiropractic 21.9%, Massage 17.8% |
Rossi et al 2008 [59] | Europe (Italy) | Headache clinic population | Physician administered structured interview | 100 | 1,2,4 | Headache (cluster): Chiropractic 12%, Acupressure 12% |
Rubinstein et al 2000 [67] | Europe (Netherland) | Manual Therapy population/Chiropractic | Retrospective patient questionnaires | 833 | 1 | Headache: Chiropractic 7% |
Sanderson et al 2013 [21] | USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France and Australia | General population | Web-based screening questionnaire | 16663 | 1,3 | Chronic migraine: 10% USA Canada 10%, France/UK 0%, Germany 1%, Australia 14% Episodic Migraine: USA 7% Canada 4%, France/UK 1%, Germany 6%, Australia 14% |
S von Peter et al 2002 [78] | North America | Headache clinic population | Patient interview using a standardized questionnaire | 73 | 2,3,4 | Tension, Migraine (27%) and other headaches: Chiropractic 15.1%, Massage 42.5% |
Vukovic et al 2010 [48] | Europe (Croatia) | General population | Random cross-sectional survey questionnaire | 616 | 1 | Migraine: Chiropractic 9.5%, Physiotherapy 19.4% Tension headache: Chiropractic 4.0%, Physiotherapy 12.2% |
Wells et al 2010 [51] | North America | General population | National cross-sectional survey sample | 23,393 | 1 | Migraine 18.5% and Headaches 15.7%: Chiropractic/massage pooled |
Wells et al 2011 [50] | North America | General population | National cross-sectional survey sample | 23,393 | 1,3 | Migraine: Chiropractic 15.4%, Massage 15.1% |
Xue et al 2008 [55] | Australia | General population | Cross-sectional telephone survey | 1067 | 1 | Headaches: Chiropractic 9.3% |