Muscle Function and Strength Training of the Neck and Shoulder in Migraine and Tension-type Headache Patients. A Singel Arm Open Label Trial (MUST-MITH)

Danish Headache Center

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Tension-Type Headache; Migraine; Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06112587

DHC F-23036562

Danish Headache center (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A Single-Arm Open-Label Trial was performed at the Danish Headache Center (DHC), Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup as part of the clinic.

Purpose:

To examine the effects of supervised group strength training and posture correction on headache frequency and muscle function around the neck and shoulders in patients with migraine and tension-type headaches.

Hypothesis:

Strength training of the neck and shoulders results in improved muscle function, which leads to a reduction in headache.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Migraine patients with stable CGRP or botox.
• Tension type headache with no more than 5 migraine days/month.
• At least four days/months of headache at the moment of recruitment.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Post-traumatic headache, or headache that is likely to be associated with trauma.
• Significant psychiatric comorbidities, such as severe depression
• Medication Overuse Headaches.
• Severe arthrosis in the neck, shoulder, or disc herniation in the neck.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Migraine and tension-type headache patients

Experimental group

Description:

Patients diagnosed by a neurologist following the 3rd edition of the International Classification of Headaches Disorders (ICHD-III)

Treatment:

Behavioral: strength training