This paper examines the role of occupational therapy in the management of headaches among women in military aviation. Headaches are a common complaint among aviation professions and can significantly impact their performance and their quality of life. Through a comprehensive literature review, this paper highlights the unique challenges faced by women in military aviation fields and the various factors that contribute to the headache experience. This paper explores the benefits of occupational therapy interventions utilizing the biopsychosocial model and the integrated headache model. The interventions are designed to address the musculoskeletal symptoms to include injury remediation and prevention, pain management techniques, manual therapy modalities and ergonomic assessments. Additionally, interventions address behavioral factors that support development of health promoting habits, roles and routines. Interventions may include but are not limited to the management of headache triggers such as sleep and rest, stress management and strategies which impact quality of life and the headache experience. The findings of this paper underscore the importance of occupational therapy in the holistic approach to managing headaches among women in military aviation and it highlights the need for further research in this area.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46625 |
| Date | 25 August 2023 |
| Creators | Philips, Emily Grace |
| Contributors | Duddy, Karen, Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
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