Clinical trial NCT06991504: The Effect of Cervical Stabilization Training in Individuals With Migraine
Official title: The Effect of Cervical Stabilization Training and Vestibular Training on Cervical Region and Balance in Individuals With Migraine
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Migraine
Keywords: migraine
Lead sponsor: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-28
Enrollment: 100
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Studies examining stabilization training and cervical muscle endurance generally focused on headache as the main topic and did not focus on migraine. Studies examining the effects of vestibular training focused on the effects on vestibular migraine and did not address migraine holistically. Although the effects of vestibular rehabilitation and cervical stabilisation training on balance, cervical muscle endurance and joint position error in individuals with migraine have been examined separately, no study has been found in which all these topics were combined. Based on these reasons, this study aims to investigate the effects of two trainings on cervical muscle strength, normal range of motion, anterior tilt, joint position error, deep muscle endurance and balance in individuals with migraine.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being over 18 years old
* Being diagnosed with migraine by a neurologist according to the International Headache Society Criteria
* Complaining of headache at least once a week or more in the last year

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of other diseases or operations in the cervical region
* Having any neurological or orthopedic disease
* Passing a serious head and/or neck trauma
* Participating in a physiotherapy program for head and neck pain in the last 12 months
* Having a visual impairment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Craniovertebral Angle
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Tragus- Wall Distance
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Cervical Range of Motion Measurement (C-ROM)
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Craniocervical Flexion Test
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Cervical Joint Position Sensation Assessment
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Mini Balance Assessment Systems Test
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analogue Scale - VAS
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Pain Catastrophization Scale
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Migraine-related disability assessment scale
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Neck Disability Questionnaire
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Beck depression questionnaire
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Merkez
country: Turkey
facility: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
state: Zonguldak
Study officials:
affiliation: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
name: Arzucan Toksal Uçar, PT. PhD:
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
name: Gizem Alarçin, PT.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
name: Esra Acıman Demirel, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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