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Table 1 Risk factors associated with migraine chronification and reversion

From: Manual therapy for chronic migraine: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial study protocol

• Obesity

• Snoring

• Sleep disorders

• Excessive caffeine intake

• Psychiatric/psychological disease (Depression/Anxiety)

• High baseline headache frequency

• Overuse of migraine abortive drugs

• Major life changes

• Head or neck injury

• Cutaneous allodynia

• Female sex

• Comorbid pain disorders

• Lower socioeconomic status

  1. (Adapted from Schwedt, 2014, [79])