Research at Melbourne Headache Centre

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Research Active Clinic

What does it mean for the Melbourne Headache Centre to be a research active clinic?

It means that our therapists are on the cutting edge of the latest research, working hand in hand with experts in the field to continue the scientific validation of the results we see every day.

Below is a list of projects that are either completed, currently active, and being developed.

Published Peer Reviewed Research

Image is the first page of a peer reviewed manuscript titled Manual Cervical Therapy and vestibular Migraine, written by Roger O'Toole and Dean Watson. Published in Health Open research and under open peer review lists the reviewers, Julia Treleaven, Kerstin Luedtke and Toby Hall.

research projects

2022-24

Persistent post-concussion syndrome

The Melbourne Headache Centre is collaborating with new partners to further investigate the transition from acute concussion to PCS.

Baseline/pre-season data collection in progress - March/April 2023-June 2024

2022

Chronic nausea and vomiting case study. The Melbourne Headache Centre through collaboration with the University of South Australia, completed a case study with one patient.

Data collection completed

Manuscript being drafted

2023

Vestibular Migraine case series. The Melbourne Headache Centre through collaboration with the University of South Australia, completed a series of three patients.

Published and passed peer review October 2023

2021

Migraine with aura case series. The Melbourne Headache Centre was one of four clinics from Australia and New Zealand to collaborate with the University of South Australia, contributing two out of eight patients.

Manuscript being prepared for publication - March 2023