Effect of Dry Needling of the M. Obliquus Capitis Inferior on Rotational Mobility and Headache Related Outcome Measures in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache: a Randomized, Controlled Experimental Study

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

An experimental study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of dry needling on the M. Obliquus capitis inferior on rotational mobility and headache realted outcome measures in patients with cervicogenic headache.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 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 diagnosis3;4;5.

∙ Age: 18-65 years

‣ Headache for at least 1 day/week for at least 3 months

‣ Limited mobility of the neck

‣ Positive flexion-rotation test (\<32 degrees on the left/right side or a difference of 10 degrees or more between left and right side)

‣ NRS \> 3/10

Locations
Other Locations
Belgium
University Ghent - campus UZ Ghent - Rehabilitation Sciences B3
RECRUITING
Ghent
Contact Information
Primary
Barbara Cagnie, Prof.
Barbara.Cagnie@UGent.be
+32 9 332 52 65
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Dry needling
A single dry needling session will be performed with the subject lying in prone position. A trained physiotherapist will penetrate the needle into skin surface, fascia,into the muscle tissue at the MTrP location of the M. Obliquus Capitis Inferior, and will move the needle up and down to elicit local twitch responses.In case local twitch responses are elicited, this will be repeated until the local twitch responses are extinct. Afterwards, a rotational muscle energy technique will be applied to the atlanto-axial level.
Sham_comparator: Sham needling
A single sham needling session will be performed with the subject lying in prone position. A trained physiotherapist will penetrate the needle into the skin surface at the MTrP location. The fascia and muscle tissue will not be penetrated. Afterwards, a rotational muscle energy technique will be applied to the atlanto-axial level.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University Ghent

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