NCT06323720

Signs of Central Sensitization in Tension-type Headache

Are Signs of Central Sensitization Present in Tension-type Headache?

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 66 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to assess the pain sensitivity in tension-type headache patients. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Are signs of central sensitization present in tension-type headache? Participants will be asked to fill out baseline questionnaires and they will be assessed during 1 test moment (static and dynamic quantitative sensory testing). Researchers will compare tension-type headache patients with healthy controls to see if signs of central sensitization are only present in the tension-type headache group.

Conditions

• Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Quantitative Sensory Testing	Assessment of the heat and cold pain thresholds, temporal summation, conditioned pain modulation, pressure pain thresholds, electrical pain thresholds, and withdrawal reflex.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-23
• Primary completion: 2025-07-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2024-03-21
• Last updated: 2024-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium