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Effects of Aerobic Exercise Within a Behavioral Treatment Program for Chronic Headaches

NCT01525303 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2013-01-16

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Summary

This proposed study seeks to examine whether adding an aerobic exercise prescription to a behavioral treatment program for chronic headaches will improve headache frequency and intensity, headache-related disability, and mood. It is hypothesized that participants who receive the exercise prescription at the start of treatment will show greater gains than those who receive the prescription halfway through treatment. It is also predicted that participants who begin the exercise component halfway through treatment will demonstrate greater improvement in the second half of treatment compared to the first half.

Conditions

  • Chronic Headaches

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Treatment for Chronic Headache- Exercise Version

This behavioral treatment program consists of behavioral approaches to headache management: progressive muscle relaxation, stress-management training, and biofeedback. Skills for these techniques are presented during the clinic sessions, and supplemented with workbooks and audio CDs. In addition, all participants will receive a graduated exercise prescription of 20-30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, five days per week. They will be instructed to assess the intensity of their exercise using the Borg perceived exertion scale. Client contact sessions are as follows: Clinic Session (CS)1; Phone Session (PS) 1 (end of week1), CS 2 (end of week 4); PS 2 (end of week 6); CS 3 (end of week 8).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donald Penzien, Ph.D. · University of Mississippi Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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