Clinical trial NCT01155557: The Effect of Specific Strength-Training on Tension-Type Headache in Children 9-17 Years
Official title: Strength Capacity of Neck and Shoulder Muscles in Children and Adolescents 9-17 Years With Tension Type Headache and the Effect of Specific Strength-Training on Tension-Type Headache
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Tension-Type Headache
Keywords: Tension-Type Headache
Strength Capacity
Neck and Shoulder
Lead sponsor: Herlev Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The University Hospitals Centre for Nursing and Care Research, Copenhagen
name: The Beckett-Fond
name: The Fond of Jørgen Holm and Elisa F. Hansen
First posted: 2010-07-02
Enrollment: 58
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 9
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims at examining muscle strength capacity in neck and shoulder muscles in children and adolescents with and without tension-type headache, and furthermore examining the effect of a 10 week specific strength training programme for neck and shoulder muscles compared to a multi-disciplinary approach in 10 weeks.

Detailed description: Frequent and chronic tension type headache are the most frequent pain illnesses in children with a prevalence of 0.5-7,6%. Frequent or daily headache leads to constraints in the child's life in relation to school and social activities.

The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are not yet fully examined. In several studies in adults and in children it is found that the shoulder muscles are tense and tender, but it is not known whether this phenomenon is primary or secondary to tension-type headache. A decrease in muscle capacity is furthermore found in studies. We therefore aim at examining parameters for muscle function in order to compare the differences between children with and without headache, and at examining the effect of a 10 week progressive specific strength training programme on headache compared to an in time comparable multidisciplinary intervention based on lifestyle counseling.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* primary tension-type headache with no more than one episode of migraine pr. month

Exclusion Criteria:

* post-trauma headache
* co-morbidity

Primary outcomes:
measure: Headache
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Muscle Capacity
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Headache
timeFrame: After the 10 weeks intervention programme
measure: Headache
timeFrame: At 3 months follow up.
measure: Muscle Capacity
timeFrame: After the 10 weeks intervention programme
measure: Muscle Capacity
timeFrame: At 3 months follow up.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: TTS
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Physical fitness
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: TTS
timeFrame: After the 10 weeks intervention programme
measure: TTS
timeFrame: At 3 months follow up.
measure: Physical fitness
timeFrame: After the 10 weeks intervention programme
measure: Physical fitness
timeFrame: At 3 months follow up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Copenhagen
country: Denmark
facility: Birte Tornøe
state: Herlev
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's Headache Clinic, Herlev University Hospital, 2730 Herlev, Copenhagen-DK
name: Birte Tornøe, PhD,MSc,PT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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