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Proprioceptive Training Reduces Headache Burden and Center of Pressure Path Length in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache

NCT07271004 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2025-12-08

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Summary

Cervicogenic headache (CGH) is a secondary headache originating from dysfunction in the cervical spine and is associated with impaired sensorimotor control and postural instability. This randomized, assessor-blinded, parallel-group clinical trial aims to investigate whether adding gaze direction recognition (GDR)-based proprioceptive training to a conventional physiotherapy program can reduce headache burden and improve postural balance in individuals with CGH. Participants are randomly allocated to receive either standard physiotherapy or standard physiotherapy plus GDR training for eight weeks. Primary outcomes include headache frequency, headache duration, and center-of-pressure (COP) path length during quiet standing. The study is conducted in accordance with ethical guidelines and was approved by the relevant institutional review board.

Conditions

  • Cervicogenic Headache

Interventions

OTHER

Proprioception

The GDR training involved observing another person's head and neck rotations from behind and identifying the direction of gaze, requiring motor imagery and visuospatial judgment to activate cervical sensorimotor pathways. Task difficulty was progressively increased across sessions. Training was administered three times per week for eight weeks, each session lasting approximately 60 minutes. Would you like me to now write the Intervention Description sections (the short entries that go under "Intervention Name," "Type," and "Description" linked to each arm)? Those are the next fields after the Arm descriptions.

OTHER

Conventional physical therapy

20 minutes of moist heat applied to the neck and shoulder region, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at 50 Hz and 100 µs pulse width, 5 minutes of continuous-mode ultrasound therapy (1-1.5 W/cm²) to the cervical muscles, and A series of therapeutic exercises to improve cervical mobility, posture correction, and neck-muscle strength through isometric contractions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hungarian University of Sports Science

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-03
Primary Completion
2025-08-15
Completion
2025-09-20

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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