NCT02984826

Muscle Strength in Shoulder and Neck Muscles in Tension Type Headache Patients. Effect of Specific Strength Training

Muscle Strength in Shoulder and Neck Muscles in Adult Tension Type Headache Patients, and the Effect of Specific Strength Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Danish Headache Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background: Tension Type Headache (TTH) is highly frequent and is of great socio-economic importance. Andersen et al. 2008 has shown that maximal muscle strength is reduced in women with trapezius myalgia. It is shown that specific strength training leads to prolonged pain relief. Aim:Test: To investigate the impact of TTH on shoulder, and neck muscle strength in patients with TTH compared to healthy controls. Intervention: To investigate the effect of specific strength training on patients with TTH compared with control group, receiving training in ergonomics. Method: Test part. 60 tension headache patients, 30 healthy. Muscle testing of neck and shoulder. Testing conducted by blinded research assistant. Intervention group: 60 patients with tension headache randomly assigned to the intervention group or control group. Intervention with specific strength training program runs for 10 weeks. The control group will be trained in ergonomics. 3 months follow up.

Conditions

• Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Strength training	The specific ST group trained and fulfilled a 10 week training diary. The ST consisted of 4 shoulder exercises. During the training the relative loading was progressively increased from 12 repetitions maximum (RM) (70% of maximal intensity) at the beginning to 8 RM (80 % of the maximal intensity). ST was performed with slow concentric and eccentric muscle contractions with resistance from the elastic bands.
OTHER	Ergonomic and posture	The control group was instructed in ergonomics and posture correction (EP). They were instructed to pay attention to their sitting posture, and how they used a computer or other working tools. Further they were asked to do a posture correction exercise 3 times a day with 10 repetitions. The EP were seen twice during the 10 week period, and had a phone call every 2 weeks. After 10 weeks they were instructed that they should stop the exercise but continue to be conscious of their ergonomics and sitting position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2016-12-07
• Last updated: 2016-12-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark