Combined Effect Of Cranial And Cervical Mobilization In Patients With CGH

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Cervicogenic Headache
• Interventions: Other: Mobilization Techniques; Other: Conventional Treatment

• Registration Number: NCT05697445
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

* The purposes of this study are:

* To investigate the combined effect of cranial and cervical mobilization in patient with cervicogenic headache and there effect on :

1. Perceptive neck pain intensity

2. Perceptive headache intensity

3. pain by pressure

4. frequency of headache episodes

5. duration of headache episodes

6. Medications uptakes

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-29
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-14
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-30
• Study Start: 2023-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-08
• Study Completion: 2023-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• pain originating at the neck and radiating to oculo-frontal-temporal regions.
• symptom unilaterally.
• symptom provocation through cervical movement and/or awkward cervical postural.
• symptom provocation through external pressure application through palpation to associated posterior cervical spine segments with resultant symptom reproduction.
• possible ipsilateral shoulder and/or arm pain of vague reference.
• 15 or more headache episodes per month
• No history of cervical operation or any disease that result in headache as colities -All patients will sign the informed consent before joining the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Headache not of cervical origin
• Headache with autonomic involvement, dizziness, or visual disturbance
• Congenital conditions of the cervical spine
• It is of primary concern to exclude serious or life-threatening pathology such as :
• cranial tumors.
• Meningitis.
• sub-arachnoid hemorrhage.
• carotid artery,vertebral artery dissection.
• History of cervical operation or any disease that result in headache as colitis
• Age less than 18 or more than 40 years
• chronic maxillary sinusitis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cranial Mobilization and Exercises Group	Conventional Treatment	-
Cranial Mobilization and Exercises Group	Mobilization Techniques	-
Exercises Group	Conventional Treatment	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assis Headache Perceptive intensity	2 weeks	By visual analog scale , Minimum value zero mean No pain Maximum value 10 mean Worst pain .