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

October 6 University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tension-Type Headache

Treatments: Device: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06482736

P.T.REC/012/004547

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

The prevalence of headaches increases with age, with a prevalence of 82% during adolescence. 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

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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).

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Device: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Study group

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Device: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy