Immediate Effects of Suboccipital Muscle Release Combined With Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide… (NCT05883813) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Immediate Effects of Suboccipital Muscle Release Combined With Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides in Patients With Chronic Tension Type Headache
Pakistan48 participantsStarted 2023-01-01
Plain-language summary
Headache disorder characterized by recurrent headache are among the most common disoredrs of the nervous system. Tension type headache is widely recognized kind of headache that affects 80% of the individuals. Its underlying cause has not been clearly distinguished. It is managed both pharmacology and non-pharmacology which includes dry needling, acupuncture, manual techniques and massage. Several studies conducted which showed that both the soft tissue muscle inhibition and joint mobilization techniques are effective in decreasing pain. But there is lack of evidence which shows combined effects of soft tissue muscle inhibition and sustained natural apophyseal glides(SNAGS) in chronic tension type headache. so this study will compare the effects of soft tissue muscle release and SNAGS on pain intensity and cervical range of motion.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years – 64 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 18-64 years old
* Male and Female
* International classification of headache disorders-3 diagnosis:
* Headache occurring on 15 days/month on average for \>3 months (180 days/year),
* Lasting hours to days, or unremitting -At least two of the following four characteristics:-
* Bilateral location
* Pressing or tightening (non-pulsating) quality
* Mild or moderate intensity
* Not aggravated by routine physical activity such as walking or climbing stairs
* Both of the following:
* No more than one of photophobia, phonophobia or mild nausea
* Neither moderate or severe nausea nor vomiting
* Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with other types of primary or secondary headache e.g cervicogenic headache
* History of trauma to the cervical spine
* Vertigo, dizziness, uncompensated neck tension
* Spurling test positive
* Flexion compression test positive
* Extension compression test positive
* Cervical flexion rotation test positive
* Pregnancy
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