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Specific Neck Rehabilitation for Unilateral Headache and Neck Pain, and Structural and Functional Changes in the Brain
Sponsor: University of Tromso
Summary
In part 1 of the project clinical effect of specific neck rehabilitation for unilateral headache and neck pain (also termed cervicogenic headache) will be compared with standard primary health care. The researchers will further study whether fear avoidance beliefs and self-efficacy predict long term neck function and headache frequency superior to active range of neck movement. Part 2 will investigate whether patients with cervicogenic headache have structural changes in cerebral grey and white matter and in connectivity of the resting state state network, and whether these are reversed after effective neck rehabilitation and correlate to symptom severity and degree of disability.
Official title: Effects of Specific Neck Rehabilitation on Patients With Unilateral Headache and Neck Pain (Cervicogenic Headache), and Relation to Structural and Functional Changes in the Brain
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
25 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
57
Start Date
2016-10
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-05-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Specific neck rehabilitation
Guided craniocervical, axioscapular and proprioceptive training that includes education, postural exercises, as well as training of cervical and shoulder muscles, and vestibular rehabilitation, included oculomotor function if indicated, and general exercises
Standard primary health care
The treatment may include pharmacological medication, chiropractic and physiotherapy or no active treatment
Locations (1)
University Hospital of North Norway
Tromsø, Norway