Clinical trial NCT05999201: Effect of Craniocervical Neural Mobilization on Quality of Life in Patients With Primary Tension Headache
Official title: Effect of Craniocervical Neural Mobilization on Quality of Life in Patients With Primary Tension Headache
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Tension-Type Headache
Keywords: craniocervical neural mobilization
quality of life
primary tension headache
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-21
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Craniocervical Neural Mobilization and selected physiotherapy program
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: this study will be conducted to investigate the effect of craniocervical neural mobilization on quality of life in patients with primary tension headache.

Detailed description: The World Health Organization estimates that the three most prevalent neurologic disorders worldwide are tension-type headache (1.5 billion), migraine (958.8 million), and medication overuse headache (58.5 million). Collectively, these three disorders contribute approximately 17% to the global burden of neurologic diseases, with migraine the second most disabling disease overall. TTH (Tension Type of Headache) is defined as mild to moderate band-like pressure headache with few associated symptoms. It varies considerably in frequency and duration, from rare, short-lasting episodes of discomfort to frequent, long-lasting, or even continuous disabling headaches.Physiotherapy treatment based on manual therapy achieved positive outcomes in pain intensity and frequency, disability, impact of headache, quality of life, and craniocervical range of motion in adults with TTH. Although pervious findings showed a clinical improvement, there is no clear evidence that one technique is superior to another.Neurodynamic techniques can improve mechanical functions in nerve structures, such as tension and sliding functions. When the nerve structure experiences clamping and disrupts mobility, pain occurs along the nerve. Neurodynamic sliding techniques play a major role in improving blood circulation and axonal transport, as well as increasing nerve integrity and reducing the pressure caused by intraneural and extraneural fibrosis. thirty patients with tension headache will be allocated randomly into two equal groups. the first one will receive craniocervical mobilization and a selected physiotherapy program and the control group will receive selected physiotherapy program for one month.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The type of headache will be primary tension type of headache.
* Age of subjects will range from 25-40 years.
* The duration of headaches swill be one years ago.
* Body mass index from 25 to less than 30.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Major neurological conditions (e.g. stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, brain tumor, meningitis, and hypertension).
* Patients with cervical spinal cord injury, recent trauma of head.
* Patients with auditory and visual impairments.
* Smoker and addicted subjects.

Primary outcomes:
measure: life disability
timeFrame: up to four weeks
measure: frequency and severity of headache
timeFrame: up to four weeks
measure: pain intensity
timeFrame: up to four weeks
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