Investigating the effect of posture correction exercises on pain and function of patients with cervicogenic headache: a review study

Context: One of the most common problems in cervicogenic headache is disorder of the musculoskeletal system of the neck and cervico-scapular area. Improving the function of the muscles in this area and correcting the posture by reducing the damage to the neck structures reduce headache. The current study reviews and evaluates studies conducted on patients with cervicogenic headaches with the purpose of posture correction.

Evidence Acquisition: The search has been done through Pub Med, Google Scholar, and PEDro databases from March 2022 to June 2023. Among the available Persian and English studies, studies that examined the effect of posture correction exercises on cervicogenic headache patients were selected based on the PEDro scale.

Results: Out of 985 articles searched with keywords, 324 were clinical trials. By reviewing the titles and abstracts of the articles, 10 articles included posture correction exercises. Among them, four articles were completely relevant to the subject and their full texts were available.

Conclusions: Due to the lack of studies in this field and the deficiencies in the existing studies, more studies are needed to be conducted in order to make more accurate conclusions about the effectiveness of posture correction exercises in improving the symptoms of patients with cervicogenic headache.