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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Diagnostics and Management of Pediatric Headache: An Exploratory Study among Dutch Physical Therapists.

Maria N Bot, Hedwig A van der Meer, Marloes Meurs de Vries, Ewald M Bronkhorst, Stanimira I Kalaykova, Nico H J Creugers

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria N BotDepartment of Dentistry, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0771-3009
Hedwig A van der MeerAcademic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marloes Meurs de VriesThe Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy, 3817 BA Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Ewald M BronkhorstDepartment of Dentistry, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0953-8053
Stanimira I KalaykovaDepartment of Dentistry, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Nico H J CreugersDepartment of Dentistry, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8282-9984
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLAcademic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam · NLRoyal Dutch Society for the Promotion of Dentistry · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physiotherapists are often part of a multidisciplinary treatment plan for children with headaches. The literature on physical therapeutic diagnostics and management of headaches is often focused on adults. To gain insight, identify knowledge gaps, and increase the evidence needed for clinical physical therapeutic practice with children with headaches, an exploratory method is warranted. The purpose of this study was to describe the views, beliefs, and experiences of physical therapists regarding diagnostics and treatment options for children with headaches. The method consisted of a survey and two peer consultation group meetings. A total of 195 individual surveys were returned and 31 out of 47 peer consultation groups participated. Most participants were specialized in pediatric physical therapy (93.3%). They use the 4P-factor model (predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, and protective factors) as a guiding principle in the diagnostic and therapeutic process in children with headaches. This model helps to organize and to understand how a variety of factors interact in a biopsychosocial relationship. Pediatric physical therapists focus their treatments on factors interfering with movement and functional abilities of the child with headaches. Knowledge of how temporomandibular disfunction can relate to headaches is currently insufficient for pediatric physical therapists.

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childdiagnosticsheadacheorofacialpaintemporomandibular disorderstherapeutics

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