The Effectiveness Of Dry Needling in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache.

Recruiting

• Conditions: Other specified disorders of muscle,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2023/11/059695
• Lead Sponsor: Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences And Research University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to find out the effectiveness of  Dry Needling on pain, Disability of the head and neck, sleep, and Quality of life in patients with cervicogenic headache.

Procedure - Subjects will be invited to participate and participants will be explained about the study. subjects fulfilling the inclusion criteria. demographic details and baseline assessment will be taken before treatment, subjects will be asked to fill out the consent, and cervicogenic headache diagnostic criteria which is self-administered questionnaire will filled by the participants. pain assessment will be done by NPRS scale, Disability by NDI and HDI, sleep quality by PSQI and quality of life by EQ-5D-5L, Subjects will be divided into two groups group A  Dry needling with conventional physiotherapy treatment and group B  Conventional physiotherapy treatment and follow up baseline , after 2 weeks and 4th week then data analysis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-11
• Study Start: 2023-11-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• 1.Both males and females between 18-30 years 2.Unilateral Headache without side shift 3.History of pain triggered by neck movement 4.Ipsilateral neck, shoulder, or arm pain.
• 5.Intermittent pain with episodes varying in duration.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1.Use of anti-coagulation medicine (except low-dose aspirin).
• 2.Acute or uncontrolled medical illness.
• 3.Pregnancy and use of any opioids within 6 months.
• 4.Presence of fever, vomiting, or visual changes.
• 5.Fear of needle and needle phobia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep	Baseline | 2nd week | 4th week
Pain	Baseline | 2nd week | 4th week
Disability	Baseline | 2nd week | 4th week
quality of Life	Baseline | 2nd week | 4th week

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences And Research University; 🇮🇳 South, DELHI, India

Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences And Research University

🇮🇳South, DELHI, India

Dr Neha Nagar

Principal investigator

09555351335

nehanaagar860@gmail.com