TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Luedtke, Kerstin
A1  - Boissonnault, William
A1  - Caspersen, Nina
A1  - Castien, René
A1  - Chaibi, Aleksander
A1  - Falla, Deborah
A1  - Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Cesar
A1  - Hall, Toby
A1  - Hirsvang, J.R.
A1  - Horre, Thomas
A1  - Hurley, David
A1  - Jull, Gwen
A1  - Krøll, Lotte Skytte
A1  - Madsen, Bjarne K.
A1  - Mallwitz, Joachim
A1  - Miller, Caroline
A1  - Schäfer, Benjamin
A1  - Schöttker-Königer, Thomas
A1  - Starke, Wiebke
A1  - von Piekartz, Harry
A1  - Watson, Dean
A1  - Westerhuis, Pieter
A1  - May, Arne
T1  - International consensus on the most useful physical examination tests used by physiotherapists for patients with headache : A Delphi study
JF  - Manual Therapy
N2  - Background
A wide range of physical tests have been published for use in the assessment of musculoskeletal dysfunction in patients with headache. Which tests are used depends on a physiotherapist's clinical and scientific background as there is little guidance on the most clinically useful tests.

Objectives
To identify which physical examination tests international experts in physiotherapy consider the most clinically useful for the assessment of patients with headache.

Design/methods
Delphi survey with pre-specified procedures based on a systematic search of the literature for physical examination tests proposed for the assessment of musculoskeletal dysfunction in patients with headache.

Results
Seventeen experts completed all three rounds of the survey. Fifteen tests were included in round one with eleven additional tests suggested by the experts. Finally eleven physical examination tests were considered clinically useful: manual joint palpation, the cranio-cervical flexion test, the cervical flexion-rotation test, active range of cervical movement, head forward position, trigger point palpation, muscle tests of the shoulder girdle, passive physiological intervertebral movements, reproduction and resolution of headache symptoms, screening of the thoracic spine, and combined movement tests.

Conclusions
Eleven tests are suggested as a minimum standard for the physical examination of musculoskeletal dysfunctions in patients with headache.
KW  - Headache
KW  - Migraine
KW  - Consensus
KW  - Examination
KW  - Physical therapy
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 1356-689X
SS  - 1356-689X
SN  - 1532-2769
SS  - 1532-2769
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2016.02.010
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2016.02.010
N1  - Zugriff im Hochschulnetz
VL  - 2016
IS  - 23
SP  - 17
EP  - 24
ER  -