NCT03890393

A Clinical Observation on Electrophysiology in Headache Patients With Myofascial Trigger Points

Muscle Activity of Pericranial Muscles in Patients With Episodic or Chronic Headache vs Asymptomatic Controls: a Cross-sectional Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Through an observational, cross-sectional study, muscle activity was compared among 21 subjects with episodic headache, 17 subjects with chronic headache and 17 age-matched healthy controls. Muscle activity was bilaterally tested with needle electromyography at rest status, targeting at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the frontal, temporal, sternocleidomastoid (SCM), splenius capitis, splenius cervicis and trapezius of each subject. Headache characteristics (intensity, frequency and duration), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and Digital Span (DS) scales were secondary outcomes. The correlation between muscle activity and headache characteristics was also analyzed. This study provides preliminary evidence of the relationship between muscle and the chronicity of headache.

Conditions

• Myofascial Trigger Points

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Electromyography	Muscle activity was bilaterally tested with needle electromyography at rest status, targeting at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the frontal, temporal, sternocleidomastoid (SCM), splenius capitis, splenius cervicis and trapezius of each subject.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-31
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2019-03-26
• Last updated: 2019-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China