Dry Needle In Management of Cervicogenic Headache

Raj Nursing and Paramedical College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cervicogenic Headache

Treatments: Other: Dry Needle and Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04625387

RajNursingParamedical

Details and patient eligibility

About

Headache is an important health problem. It is the commonest type of all signs of illness in the people worldwide. Cervicogenic Headache is commonest musculoskeletal condition in physiotherapy practice. This study's main objective was to evaluate effectiveness of Dry Needle with exercise in decreasing pain and improving function in patients with Cervicogenic Headache.

Full description

50 patients were included and assigned randomly to group A and B. Group-A received Dry Needle plus exercise and group-B received Dry Needle alone. Baseline assessment was taken before and after treatment; treatment was given for four weeks twice a week. Outcome indicators were measured by Visual analog scale, Neck Disability Index and Cervical Range Of Motion.

The study findings indicate that both groups improve the symptoms of a headache. Clinically better improvement was indicated by Dry Needle plus exercise group than Dry Needle alone group. As per our results, Dry Needle plus exercise should be preferred for the management of cervicogenic headache over Dry Needle alone.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 20-50 years.
• Male and female both gender
• Worker in the Office.
• Employed permanently.
• Self-motivated for working continuously for rehab.
• Persistent or regular pain in the neck over a span of at least 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Cervical spine injury or surgery.
• Congenital spinal deformity.
• Participants having age less than 20 or elder than 50 years.
• Cervical radiculopathy,
• The participants had experienced any recent trauma or suffering from dizzy spells, any vascular neurological disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Dry Needle plus exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Group A received Dry Needling along with exercise having 25 individuals. Treatment lasted four weeks duration, twice a week.

Treatment:

Other: Dry Needle and Exercise

Dry Needling alone

Experimental group

Description:

Group B received Dry Needling alone having 25 individuals. Treatment lasted four weeks duration, twice a week.

Treatment:

Other: Dry Needle and Exercise