NCT04401501

Effects of Manual Therapy on the Upper Cervical Spine Combined With Exercise vs Isolated Exercise in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache.

Short- and Mid-Term Effects of Manual Therapy on the Upper Cervical Spine Combined With Exercise vs Isolated Exercise in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cervicogenic headache is defined as unilateral headache associated with neck pain. Effect of manual translatoric therapy of the upper cervical spine associated with cervical exercises in these patients is currently unknown. Our aim was to determine if adding manual therapy to an exercise and home-exercise program improved effects on symptoms and function in short- and mid-term in patients with cervicogenic headache. A randomized controlled study will be conducted with 40 subjects with cervicogenic headache. Each group will receive four 20-minute sessions weekly and a home-exercise program. Upper cervical flexion, flexion-rotation test, Impact Headache Test-6 (HIT-6), headache intensity, craniocervical flexion test, pain pressure thresholds and Global Rating of Change (GROC)-Scale will be assessed at end of the intervention, at 3- and at 6-month follow-ups.

Conditions

• Cervicogenic Headache
• Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Therapy and Exercises	Combination of physiotherapy (manual therapy) techniques and exercises for cervicogenic headache
OTHER	Exercise	Exercises for cervicogenic headache

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2021-01-01
• First posted: 2020-05-26
• Last updated: 2021-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain