NCT04625387

Dry Needle In Management of Cervicogenic Headache

Efficacy of Dry Needle With Exercise In Cervicogenic Headache

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Raj Nursing and Paramedical College · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Headache is an important health problem. It is the commonest type of all signs of illness in the people worldwide. Cervicogenic Headache is commonest musculoskeletal condition in physiotherapy practice. This study's main objective was to evaluate effectiveness of Dry Needle with exercise in decreasing pain and improving function in patients with Cervicogenic Headache.

Detailed description

50 patients were included and assigned randomly to group A and B. Group-A received Dry Needle plus exercise and group-B received Dry Needle alone. Baseline assessment was taken before and after treatment; treatment was given for four weeks twice a week. Outcome indicators were measured by Visual analog scale, Neck Disability Index and Cervical Range Of Motion. The study findings indicate that both groups improve the symptoms of a headache. Clinically better improvement was indicated by Dry Needle plus exercise group than Dry Needle alone group. As per our results, Dry Needle plus exercise should be preferred for the management of cervicogenic headache over Dry Needle alone.

Conditions

• Cervicogenic Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dry Needle and Exercise	A 0.25 X 15 mm acupuncture needle was used for sub occipital muscle and 0.25 X 40 mm needle was used for paraspinal and trapezius muscle. All the necessary precautions were maintained before inserting the needle. Therapists wore hand gloves for all purposes. The exercise for the muscles of cervical group, for group A was carried out by elevating head from lying in supine position repeating 20 times in three sets and pressing a theraband forward in one set of 15 repetitions, to right side and to left side and back side

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-15
• Primary completion: 2020-06-25
• Completion: 2020-06-25
• First posted: 2020-11-12
• Last updated: 2020-11-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India