Yoga for Chronic Headache in Adolescents

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Migraine; Tension Type Headache

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga for parents; Behavioral: Yoga for adolescents

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02721849

15-6736

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of yoga on tension type headache and / or migraine in adolescents between 12 and 16 years, consisting of a four group design which includes an 12 week yoga course and a three-month follow-up period. Both adolescent and one parent will be randomized either to yoga or no treatment. Primary outcome will be pain frequency in adolescents considering pain catastrophizing of parents.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adolescent:

• tension type headache and/or migraine minimum at 4 days per month
• willingness to participate at least 10 out of 12 yoga sessions
• physical and cognitive ability to participate in light physical, breathing and relaxation exercises
• good german language

Parents:

• willingness to participate at least 10 out of 12 yoga sessions
• physical and cognitive ability to participate in light physical, breathing and relaxation exercises
• good german language

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy or lactation
• attending a yoga class within the last 3 months prior to the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 4 patient groups

adolescent yoga / parent control

Experimental group

Description:

The adolescent will receive an 12 week yoga course, while one parent will only answer the questionnaires.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga for adolescents

adolescent waitlist / parent yoga

Experimental group

Description:

One parent will participate in an 12 week yoga course, while the adolescent will receive the intervention after the follow-up period.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga for parents

adolescent yoga / parent yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Both adolescent and parent will participate in an 12 week yoga course at the same time.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga for parents

Behavioral: Yoga for adolescents

adolescent waitlist / parent control

No Intervention group

Description:

The adolescent will receive the intervention after the follow-up period, while one parent will only answer the questionnaires.