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Trigger Point Therapy in Cervicogenic Headache

NCT01790074 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-02-13

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Summary

It is a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing real and simulated manual treatment of trigger points (TrPs) in patients with cervicogenic headache (CeH). The purpose of the current randomized clinical pilot trial was to determine the preliminary effects of TrP manual therapy in individuals with CeH with sternocleidomastoid muscle active TrPs as compared to manual contact over the muscle tissues.

Conditions

  • Cervicogenic Headache

Interventions

OTHER

TrP therapy

TrP manual therapy comprises different manual approaches, e.g., compression, stretching, or transverse friction massage applied over active TrPs in the sternocleidomastoid muscle

OTHER

TrP manual control therapy

The treatment consisted of a simulation of the same TrP therapy treatment applied to the experimental group without the application of any therapeutic pressure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alcala

    collaborator OTHER

  • César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PhD, DMSc · Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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