• Xin Qian, Dongyang Ma, Jiayi Liu, Ting Pan, Haili Wang, Zhe Hu, Zhaohui Wang, and Wei Qi.
• Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jun 4; 100 (22): e26224e26224.

BackgroundCervicogenic headache is a secondary headache characterized by unilateral headache, symptoms, and signs of neck involvement. It is often worsened by neck movement, sustained awkward head position, or external pressure over the upper cervical or occipital region on the symptomatic side. In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of massage therapy for the treatment of cervicogenic headache.MethodsWe searched the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Scientific Journal Database, Wanfang Database, China Doctoral Dissertations Full-Text Database, China Master's Theses Full-Text Database, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, and Embase. We will select all eligible studies published on or before April 1, 2021. We will use Review Manager 5.4, provided by the Cochrane Collaborative Network for statistical analysis. We then assessed the quality and risk of the included studies and observed the outcome measures.ResultsThis meta-analysis further confirmed the benefits of tuina in the treatment of cervicogenic headache.ConclusionThe purpose of this meta-analysis was to explore the effect of tuina on patients with cervicogenic headache and to provide more options for clinicians and patients to treat cervicogenic headache.Ethics And DisseminationThis systematic review will evaluate the efficacy and safety of tuina in the treatment of cervicogenic headache. Since all the data included were published, the systematic review did not require ethical approval.Registration NumberINPLASY202150053.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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