Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Tension Headache in Post-Pubertal Females
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Assessment of pain intensity
研究概览
简要总结
This study will be carried out to evaluate the effect of laser acupuncture on tension headache in post-pubertal females.
详细描述
The post-pubertal period significantly associated in increasing an adolescent female's risk of primary headache. Menses is a trigger for headache for 38% to 45% of women with tension-type headache (TTH), implying some link between TTH and sex hormones. Post pubertal modifications in certain brain areas, specifically the hypothalamus, were thought to act as major modulators of this risk.
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is a novel, noninvasive, and cost-effective approach in the field of physiotherapy. Because of its unique properties, low-power laser irradiation can alter cellular metabolism (bio-stimulating effect), reduce pain (analgesic effect), improve the wound healing procedure (regenerative/reparative effect), reduce edema, and accelerate the inflammation process (anti-inflammatory effect). LLLT has been employed as a treatment modality for a variety of conditions in medicine and dentistry including musculoskeletal pain syndrome, soft tissue injuries and ulcerations, dentin hypersensitivity, and attenuating the complications of surgical procedures.
Needle acupuncture is a treatment modality based on traditional Chinese medicine, in which small needles made from stainless steel are inserted into special points of the body to improve health or reduce pain in other parts of the body. Despite its proven effects in curing numerous diseases, acupuncture is associated with some disadvantages that reduce its acceptability and popularity among patients, such as aggressive nature of needle insertion and difficult application in some parts of the body such as points around the perineum or genitals. Recently, laser acupuncture therapy (LAT) has been proposed as an alternative to conventional acupuncture therapy to eliminate the need for needle insertion. In this way, low-intensity laser light is employed for stimulating the traditional acupuncture points, and so the procedure is simple, non-aggressive, painless, and inherently safer than needle acupuncture therapy.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 15 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Their age will be ranged from 15 to 18 years.
- •Their body mass index (BMI) will be ranged from 20-25 Kg/m
- •All participants will be diagnosed with tension type headache for which they haven't receive any treatment in the previous two weeks.
- •Pain quality is typically pressing or tightening of mild to moderate intensity, bilateral in location and not worsening during routine physical activity.
- •Absence of nausea and vomiting.
排除标准
- •Patients with other causes of headache.
- •Patients who have pulsating headaches, neurological deficits or metabolic disorders.
- •Contraindications to treatment (other simultaneous treatment, localized skin infection, fear).
- •Previous head trauma.
- •Previous physical therapy treatment for tension type headache during the last 6 months.
研究组 & 干预措施
Low energy laser acupuncture + Myofascial release technique
It will consist of 30 post-pubertal females diagnosed with tension headache, who will receive low energy laser acupuncture treatment, a duration of 40 seconds, three times per week for 6 weeks in addition to myofascial release technique.
干预措施: Low energy laser acupuncture (Other)
Low energy laser acupuncture + Myofascial release technique
It will consist of 30 post-pubertal females diagnosed with tension headache, who will receive low energy laser acupuncture treatment, a duration of 40 seconds, three times per week for 6 weeks in addition to myofascial release technique.
干预措施: Myofascial release technique (Other)
Myofascial release technique
It will consist of 30 post-pubertal females diagnosed with tension headache, who will receive the same myofascial release technique only.
干预措施: Myofascial release technique (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Assessment of pain intensity
时间窗: 6 weeks
It will be assessed using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the scores range from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst possible pain).
次要结局
- Assessment of trigger point threshold(6 weeks)
- Assessment of headache severity(6 weeks)
- Cervical Flexion Range of Motion(6 weeks)
- Cervical Extension Range of Motion:(6 weeks)
- Right Cervical Lateral Flexion Range of Motion:(6 weeks)
- Left Cervical Lateral Flexion Range of Motion:(6 weeks)
- Right Cervical Rotation Range of Motion:(6 weeks)
- Left Cervical Rotation Range of Motion:(6 weeks)
研究者
Mona Mohamed Nour El Din Morsi
Principal Investigator
Cairo University