Muscle Activity of Pericranial Muscles in Patients With Episodic or Chronic Headache vs Asymptomatic Controls: a Cross-sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 55
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pericranial muscle activity
研究概览
简要总结
Through an observational, cross-sectional study, muscle activity was compared among 21 subjects with episodic headache, 17 subjects with chronic headache and 17 age-matched healthy controls. Muscle activity was bilaterally tested with needle electromyography at rest status, targeting at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the frontal, temporal, sternocleidomastoid (SCM), splenius capitis, splenius cervicis and trapezius of each subject. Headache characteristics (intensity, frequency and duration), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and Digital Span (DS) scales were secondary outcomes. The correlation between muscle activity and headache characteristics was also analyzed.
This study provides preliminary evidence of the relationship between muscle and the chronicity of headache.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Have at least one onset of headache in the last week,
- •Aged between 18-65 years,
- •No special treatment or invasive test on pericranial muscles in the last month, and no painkillers or muscle relaxants in the last week.
排除标准
- •History of surgery, trauma, tumor and spinal disease affecting the head and neck,
- •Being unable to cooperate with inspection and questionnaires for any reason (severe systemic disease, bleeder, communication barriers and so on),
- •People with definite mental disorders such as anxiety and depression.
结局指标
主要结局
Pericranial muscle activity
时间窗: On the day the participant was enrolled
It was evaluated with EMG/EP equipment(9031A070 KEYPOINT Dantec) and the matching disposable needle electrode(Specification: 25mm\*0.3mm, 30G) with a sampling frequency of 125 Hz and a measuring range of 0.2mv.The spontaneous electric activity of each pericranial muscle was recorded as 0 to 4 scores: 0 score= no repeatable spontaneous electric activity, 1 score=a single, repeatable string of spontaneous electric activity, 2 scores= obvious spontaneous electric activity in two or more areas of the muscle, 3 scores= obvious spontaneous electric activity in any area of the muscle, 4 scores= a lot of spontaneous electric activity over the whole record screen. The maximum scores of a participant was 48(6\*2\*4［insertion(frontal, temporal, sternocleidomastoid, splenius capitis, splenius cervicis and trapezius) \*right or left\* maximum scores of a muscle\]).
次要结局
- Short Form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire(SF-MPQ)(Immediately after the enrollment)
- Digital Span Test(Immediately after the enrollment)