Effect Of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Tension-Type Headache in Adolescent Females

NCT06482736 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/004547
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Chronic headaches in adolescents can have consequences such as absence from school, inability to maintain social activities, and additional disorders such as anxiety, depression, problems sleeping, and reduced quality of life to investigates the efficacy shock wave diathermy on tension headaches in adolescent females

Conditions

Tension-Type Headache

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• digital algometer

  Measure pain intensity pre and post treatment which tested the pain points of the muscles: upper trapezius, levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid, splenius head and neck bilaterally.

  The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

• Electromyography (EMG) for neck muscles

  Measure muscle activity pre and post treatmentupper trapezius, levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid, splenius head and neck bilaterally

  The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

• Headache impact test questionnaire

  The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

  The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

Study Arms (2)

Control group

EXPERIMENTAL

receive exercise program for 20-30 min which include include cervical ROM to warm up,cool down, and stretching of cervical, upper thoracic spine (trapezius,levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid) and strengthening exercises (cervical isometric,concentric conctration of deep flexor muscles) each exercise consist of three sets of five to ten repetitions will be performed with 30-60S rest period between sets

Device: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Study group

EXPERIMENTAL

receive Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and the same exercise program as group A, three sessions per week for 12 weeks (3 menstrual cycles).

Device: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Interventions

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy DEVICE

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy could reduce the pain of myofascial pain syndrome by pain signal alteration, promoting angiogenesis and increasing perfusion in ischemic tissues induced by sensitization of nociceptors and muscle ischemia.

Control group; Study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Suffering from chronic tension headache (headaches occur 15 or more days a month for at least three months).
• Their age will range from 15 to 18 years.
• Having a sedentary lifestyle (A weekly physical activity of \< 600 MET-minutes/ week in the international physical activity questionnaire)
• Having regular menstruation (28 to 34 days).

You may not qualify if:

• Using oral contraceptives or
• any hormonal treatment in the previous six months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• October 6 University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kerolous Ishak Shehata Kelini

Cairo, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Headache Disorders, Primary; Headache Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Ultrasonic Therapy; Diathermy; Hyperthermia, Induced; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Kerolous IS kelini

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 22, 2024
• First Posted: July 1, 2024
• Study Start: January 5, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 8, 2023
• Study Completion: January 22, 2024
• Last Updated: July 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)