Effect Of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Tension-Type Headache in Adolescent Females

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Overview

Chronic headaches in adolescents can have consequences such as absence from school, inability to maintain social activities, and additional disorders such as anxiety, depression, problems sleeping, and reduced quality of life to investigates the efficacy shock wave diathermy on tension headaches in adolescent females

The prevalence of headaches increases with age, with a prevalence of 82% during adolescence. Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy could reduce the pain of myofascial pain syndrome by pain signal alteration, promoting angiogenesis and increasing perfusion in ischemic tissues induced by sensitization of nociceptors and muscle ischemia

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

Extracorporeal Shockwave TherapyDEVICE

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy could reduce the pain of myofascial pain syndrome by pain signal alteration, promoting angiogenesis and increasing perfusion in ischemic tissues induced by sensitization of nociceptors and muscle ischemia.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Suffering from chronic tension headache (headaches occur 15 or more days a month for at least three months). * Their age will range from 15 to 18 years. * Having a sedentary lifestyle (A weekly physical activity of \< 600 MET-minutes/ week in the international physical activity questionnaire) * Having regular menstruation (28 to 34 days). Exclusion Criteria: * Using oral contraceptives or * any hormonal treatment in the previous six months.

Locations (1)

Kerolous Ishak Shehata Kelini

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

digital algometer

Measure pain intensity pre and post treatment which tested the pain points of the muscles: upper trapezius, levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid, splenius head and neck bilaterally.

Time frame: The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

Electromyography (EMG) for neck muscles

Measure muscle activity pre and post treatmentupper trapezius, levator scapula, sternocleidomastoid, splenius head and neck bilaterally

Headache impact test questionnaire

The evaluation took place before and after 8 treatment visits using the positional inhibition technique. The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

Time frame: The treatment was carried out for 4 weeks, 2x a week, lasting 45 to 60 minutes each session.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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