Status:
RECRUITING
Differences in Characteristics of Headache Patients With a Positive or Negative FRT: a Cross-sectional Comparison.
Lead Sponsor:
University Ghent
Conditions:
Headache
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
An observational study will be conducted to evaluate the differences in headache characteristics between a subgroup of cervicogenic headache patients with a positive and negative flexion-rotation test...
Detailed Description
Headache is a common and disabling condition. Several primary and secondary headache forms have been described, such as migraine, tension-type headache and cervicogenic headache (CH). In patients with...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of cervicogenic headache according to the ICHD-3 criteria:
- A. Any headache fulfilling criterion C B. Clinical and/or imaging evidence1 of a disorder or lesion within the cervical spine or soft tissues of the neck, known to be able to cause headache2
- C. Evidence of causation demonstrated by at least two of the following:
- headache has developed in temporal relation to the onset of the cervical disorder or appearance of the lesion
- headache has significantly improved or resolved in parallel with improvement in or resolution of the cervical disorder or lesion
- cervical range of motion is reduced, and headache is made significantly worse by provocative manœuvres
- headache is abolished following diagnostic blockade of a cervical structure or its nerve supply D. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis
- Age: 18+ years Headache for at least 1 day/week for at least 3 months Limited mobility of the neck NPRS \> 3/10
Exclusion
- Primary headache forms: migraine, TTH
- Other secondary headaches that do not comply with the ICDH-3 criteria for CH
- Whiplash or other traumatic incident in the past
- Pregnancy or given birth in the last year
- Previous head, neck or shoulder surgery
- Cervical radiculopathy complaints
- Receiving other treatments for headache or neck pain (physical therapy/ostheopathy/chiropraxie...) in the previous month
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2023
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06134791
Start Date
July 1 2023
End Date
December 1 2026
Last Update
November 18 2023
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University Ghent - campus UZ Ghent - Rehabilitation Sciences B3
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, 9000