Effect of different exercises in the management of headache

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified,

Registration Number: CTRI/2018/12/016717

Lead Sponsor: Monika Rani

Brief Summary: Headache including Cervicogenic headache is one of the common chronic disorder that leads to disability in the individual and causes great burden to society. Headache related research is scarce in India except few studies from Karnataka/Bangalore city specific. Very little work has been done on efficacy of physical therapy intervention on cervicogenic headache in India. Cervicogenic headache is musculoskeletal related problem which can be treated by physiotherapy interventions, Several studies indicated that physical therapy interventions might be an effective treatment approach for cervicogenic headache. Result of these studies indicated that manipulation can be an effective treatment for cervicogenic headache. Very few studies have been performed to evaluate the effect of mobilization and postural correction exercises on cervicogenic headache. Chronic adaptation of soft tissues over the time in cervicogenic headache may leads to neural tissue shortening which may be benefited by neural mobilizaton techniques. There is no study has been performed to evaluate the efficacy of neural mobilization as treatment strategy for cervicogenic headache. Therefore present study aims to fill this gap in research evidence by performing spinal mobilization, postural correction exercises and neural mobilzation techniques to find its efficacy on cervicogenic headache as well as to compare the efficacy of these approaches on cervicogenic headache management.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Cervicogenic headache will be diagnosed through criteria developed by Sjaastad et al., 1998.

Exclusion Criteria

Any other form of headache including migraine Corticosteroid use (at least 3 months in the last 12 months) Vertebro basillar arterial insufficiency Cervical spondylosis with radiating pain Any neurological conditions (i.e) flaccidity or spasticity Any cardiovascular disease (i.e) heart attack Any chronic pulmonary conditions (i.e) COPD, Restrictive lung diseases Any trauma or surgery in last 2 years Any infections, fever in last 6 months.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intensity, frequency and duration of headache (headache diary)	Pre-intervention (baseline), Post-intervention (4th week), \| Follow-up (8th week)
Headache related disability (Headache impact test- HIT 6)	Pre-intervention (baseline), Post-intervention (4th week), \| Follow-up (8th week)
Neck related disability (Neck disability index)	Pre-intervention (baseline), Post-intervention (4th week), \| Follow-up (8th week)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nothing	-

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Health Center, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology
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Hisar, HARYANA, India
Health Center, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology
🇮🇳Hisar, HARYANA, India
Kulandaivelan S
Principal investigator
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