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Dry Needling Versus Dry Cupping on Pain and Disability in Cervicogenic Headache Patients

NCT06689371 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2024-11-14

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Summary

This study aims to compare the added effects of dry needling and dry cupping to conventional physical therapy on headache pain intensity, headache frequency, headache duration, upper cervical range of motion, and disability levels in patients with cervicogenic headache.

It will be assumed that:

* All patients will follow all the given instructions strictly during the study duration, regarding the assessment and the treatment procedure.
* All participants will be evaluated under the same environmental conditions.

Conditions

  • Dry Needling
  • Dry Cupping
  • Cervicogenic Headache

Interventions

OTHER

Group A (Dry Needling)

The patient will receive dry needling on suboccipital, upper trapezius and SCM muscles with conventional therapy 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks.

OTHER

Group B (Dry cupping)

Patients will receive dry cupping on suboccipital, upper trapezius and SCM muscles weeks with conventional therapy 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks.

OTHER

Group C (control)

will receive standard exercise three sessions per week for four weeks. This standard regimen consists of the same exercises as group A and B.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-13
Primary Completion
2025-01-01
Completion
2025-02-01

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