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Exercise in Migraine and Co-existing Tension-type Headache and Neck Pain

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Danish Headache Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Migraine
Neck Pain
Tension-type Headache

Treatments

Other: Exercise treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02269501
H-1-2011-090

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to study the effect of a physical exercise program on patients suffering from migraine and co-existing tension-type headache and neck pain. The investigators hypothesized that migraine patients are ofte physically inactive because of their headache and that they will benefit from a specific exercise program.

Full description

Migraine and tension-type headache are among the most common neurological diseases and are causing reduced quality of life, private and socio-economic consequences in terms of medical consumption and work-related absenteeism. The clinical experience shows that physical activity, like cycling and brisk walking, can prevent migraine attacks, but the evidence of the efficacy is sparse.

The primary aim of the study is to investigate the acute and the long term effect of exercise on patients suffering from migraine and co-existing tension-type headache and neck pain.

The project will be the first of its kind that explores the effect of an exercise program on patients who both suffer from migraine, tension-type headache and neck pain. We expect that the participants from the exercise program will achieve a reduced pain impact on everyday life, an improved fitness and quality of life, and a decrease of absence days and medication use.

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Migraine
  • Tension-type headache
  • Neck pain

Exclusion criteria

  • Whiplash injury or other significant neck trauma
  • Nerve root compression
  • Post traumatic headache
  • Medication overuse headache
  • Cluster headache
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Pregnancy and breast feeding
  • Severe physical and psychological illnesses
  • Alcohol and or drug abuse
  • Current insurance claim owing to headache
  • Persons not able to speak or understand Danish
  • Persons deemed not to implement the program because of musculoskeletal pain or physical limitations

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

70 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise treatment
Experimental group
Description:
Exercise treatment
Treatment:
Other: Exercise treatment
No treatment
No Intervention group
Description:
No treatment

Trial contacts and locations

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