Efficacy of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Pain Relief

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco30 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the contract-relax technique of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, and the static stretching exercise are effective in reducing the frequency, intensity and duration of headache and in improving the perception of quality of life in women with migraine.

This is an randomized clinical trial, double blind, comparing two interventions in women with migraine, whose diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Migraine Disorders

Interventions

PNF contract-relaxOTHER

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, using the technique of contract-relax on neck diagonal.

Static stretchingOTHER

Static stretching of neck muscles.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18and 40 years * Clinical diagnosis of migraine * Participants with at least one day with acute migraine per month, with attacks lasting 4-72 hours. Exclusion Criteria: * Obesity type I, II or III, according to the classification of Body Mass Index. * Pregnancy, lactation or both. * Presence of meningitis, demyelinating diseases, cerebral aneurysm, intracranial hypertension, myopathies, myelopathy, fibromyalgia, symptomatic neck disc herniation, rheumatoid arthritis and history of tumors in the brain or spine. * Participants who performed other manual therapeutic interventions or other physical therapy modalities in the head or neck during the survey period. * Participants who have daily prophylactic medication for migraine.

Locations (1)

Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain change

"Daily headache"

Time frame: "Change from Baseline Pain at 8th - 10th week"; "Change from Baseline Pain at 12th - 14th week"

The global perception of change

"Patient Global Impression of Change Scale"

Time frame: "global perception of change at 12th - 14th week"

Feasibility for successful random allocation

"successful random allocation of 30 patients during a 12-months period"

Time frame: "12 months"

Proportion of eligible patients randomly assigned for each group (target ≥70%)

"the proportion of eligible patients randomly assigned for each group (target ≥70%)"

Time frame: "12 months"

Proportion of eligible patients who completed 30-day follow-up (target ≥95%)

"the proportion of randomly assigned patients who completed 30-day follow-up after the end of the treatment (target ≥95%)"

Time frame: "12 months"

Secondary Outcomes

Change in Medicine intake in migraine attacks

"Daily headache"

Time frame: "Change from Baseline Medicine intake at 8th - 10th week"; "Change from Baseline Medicine intake at 12th - 14th week"

Change in Adverse effects of the intervention

Daily headache

Time frame: "Change from Baseline adverse effects at 8th - 10th week"; "Change from Baseline adverse effects at 12th - 14th week"

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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