Multimodal examination of the neck musculature in children and adolescents with headache disorders: manual palpation, algometry, infrared thermography and ultrasound

Recruiting

• Conditions: G43; G44; Migraine; Other headache syndromes

• Registration Number: DRKS00032829
• Lead Sponsor: MU Klinikum, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Abteilung für Pädiatrische Neurologie, Entwicklungsneurologie, Sozialpädiatrie und LMU Zentrum für Entwicklung und komplex chronisch kranke Kinder - iSPZ Hauner, München

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

All participants:
- No rheumatological/inflammatory disease
- No severe internal disease
- The existence of a written consent form of the legal guardians

Additional for healtyh participants
- no evidence of a primary headache disorder
- no TBI /whiplash injury in the last 24 months
- no neurological or psychiatric disease
- no cranio-mandibular dysfunction
- no regular intake of painkillers or muscle relaxants

Additional for participants with primary headaches
- a primary headache disorder according to the international classification of headache disorders (ICHD-3)
- no intake of muscle relaxants

Additional for participants with posttraumatic headache
- posttraumatic headache (WHO Definition)
- no intake of muscle relaxants

Exclusion Criteria

Previous injury or operationof the shoulder and neck muscles and competitive athletes in a sports league.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
For the infrared thermography: Are there temperature differences in the Trapezius muscle pars descendens between healthy subjects and patients with headache disorders.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Infrared thermography: Temperature values of the examined muscles as a whole, and in the area of manually detected myofascial changes in a relaxed and tense state.<br>Ultrasound examination: muscle thickness, fascia thickness, muscle volume, echo texture analysis and shear module for the analysed muscles in total and in the area of manually detected myofascial changes.<br>How do the physiotherapeutic findings, algometry, infrared thermography and ultrasound correlate with each other and with headache characteristics (incl. time period since the beginning of the headache disorder/after TBI)?