Influence of Osteopathic Intervention on Cervical Muscles in Tension Headaches in Women: Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Tension Headaches
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
- Enrollment
- 43
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in the intensity and frequency of pain after the three treatment sessions;
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to understand whether there is any relationship between the intervention on the trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and suboccipital muscles in patients with chronic tension headaches.
Detailed Description
It is expected to find an improvement in the symptoms and frequency of tension headaches. In this study, the investigators intend to see the effects of trapezius and sternocleidomastoid "stretching techniques", and "suboccipital inhibition" on tension headaches. To collect data, volunteers were asked to fill out the Headache Impact Test (HIT-6).
Investigators
Natália Maria Oliveira Campelo
Investigator
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Tension headaches;
- •Being over eighteen years of age;
Exclusion Criteria
- •Loss of mobility of cervical;
- •Cervical and shoulder pain during episodes;
- •Other headaches (migraine, cervicogenic headache...)
- •Other interventions and/or pharmacological treatment a few days before the intervention;
- •Epilepsy;
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in the intensity and frequency of pain after the three treatment sessions;
Time Frame: One month after the first intervention
The scale Hit-6 will be the instrument used to evaluate the level the intensity and frequency of tension headache. This instrument consists of six questions about the characteristics of headaches, with each question presenting five choices. The answers range from never to always. This data will be collected immediately before the first investigation and one month after the first evaluation, through the volunteers filling out the scale.