Influence of Osteopathic Intervention on Cervical Muscles in Tension Headaches in Women

Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Tension Headaches

Treatments: Other: Placebo Technique; Other: Inhibition of the suboccipital; Other: Stretching technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06475248

OST1_014

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to understand whether there is any relationship between the intervention on the trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and suboccipital muscles in patients with chronic tension headaches.

Full description

It is expected to find an improvement in the symptoms and frequency of tension headaches.

In this study, the investigators intend to see the effects of trapezius and sternocleidomastoid "stretching techniques", and "suboccipital inhibition" on tension headaches. To collect data, volunteers were asked to fill out the Headache Impact Test (HIT-6).

Enrollment: 43 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Tension headaches;
• Being over eighteen years of age;

Exclusion criteria

• Loss of mobility of cervical;
• Cervical and shoulder pain during episodes;
• Other headaches (migraine, cervicogenic headache...)
• Other interventions and/or pharmacological treatment a few days before the intervention;
• Epilepsy;
• Trauma.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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43 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control Group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Each volunteer selected in this group will complete a scale, in this case Hit-6, to collect data and evaluate the evolution. Then a placebo technique will be used, which consists of imitating the contacts of the techniques without compressing or pulling the tissue, lasted 6 minutes. This procedure will be repeated for two more sessions. One month after the first evaluation, the volunteers filled out the Hit-6 scale again.

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Technique

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

After each volunteer completes the Hit-6 scale, one of the researchers will perform the "trapezius and sternocleidomastoid stretching techniques", and "suboccipital inhibition". The techniques performed will only be done once, lasted 6 minutes. This procedure will be repeated for two more sessions. One month after the first evaluation, the volunteers filled out the Hit-6 scale again.

Treatment:

Other: Inhibition of the suboccipital

Other: Stretching technique