Effect Of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Tension-Type Headache in Adolescent Females
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Headache impact test questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
Chronic headaches in adolescents can have consequences such as absence from school, inability to maintain social activities, and additional disorders such as anxiety, depression, problems sleeping, and reduced quality of life to investigates the efficacy shock wave diathermy on tension headaches in adolescent females
详细描述
The prevalence of headaches increases with age, with a prevalence of 82% during adolescence. Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy could reduce the pain of myofascial pain syndrome by pain signal alteration, promoting angiogenesis and increasing perfusion in ischemic tissues induced by sensitization of nociceptors and muscle ischemia
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
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
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
- 是
入选标准
- •Suffering from chronic tension headache (headaches occur 15 or more days a month for at least three months).
- •Their age will range from 15 to 18 years.
- •Having a sedentary lifestyle (A weekly physical activity of < 600 MET-minutes/ week in the international physical activity questionnaire)
- •Having regular menstruation (28 to 34 days).
排除标准
- •Using oral contraceptives or
- •any hormonal treatment in the previous six months.
结局指标
主要结局
Headache impact test questionnaire
时间窗: The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.
The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.
Electromyography (EMG) for neck muscles
时间窗: The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.
Measure muscle activity pre and post treatmentupper trapezius, levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid, splenius head and neck bilaterally
digital algometer
时间窗: The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.
Measure pain intensity pre and post treatment which tested the pain points of the muscles: upper trapezius, levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid, splenius head and neck bilaterally.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Kerolous Ishak Shehata
lecturer
October 6 University