Multimodal examination of the neck musculature in children and adolescents with headache disorders: manual palpation, algometry, infrared thermography and ultrasound

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00032829

Enrollment

150

Registered

2023-11-30

Start date

2023-06-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

G43 G44

Interventions

Group 1: Healthy Participants. Assessment of the cervical musculature by focused history standardized questionnaires, physiotherapeutic examination (incl. algometry), muscular ultrasound and infrared

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

10 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All participants: - No rheumatological/inflammatory disease - No severe internal disease - The existence of a written consent form of the legal guardians Additional for healtyh participants - no evidence of a primary headache disorder - no TBI /whiplash injury in the last 24 months - no neurological or psychiatric disease - no cranio-mandibular dysfunction - no regular intake of painkillers or muscle relaxants Additional for participants with primary headaches - a primary headache disorder according to the international classification of headache disorders (ICHD-3) - no intake of muscle relaxants Additional for participants with posttraumatic headache - posttraumatic headache (WHO Definition) - no intake of muscle relaxants

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Previous injury or operationof the shoulder and neck muscles and competitive athletes in a sports league.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
For the infrared thermography: Are there temperature differences in the Trapezius muscle pars descendens between healthy subjects and patients with headache disorders.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Infrared thermography: Temperature values of the examined muscles as a whole, and in the area of manually detected myofascial changes in a relaxed and tense state. Ultrasound examination: muscle thickness, fascia thickness, muscle volume, echo texture analysis and shear module for the analysed muscles in total and in the area of manually detected myofascial changes. How do the physiotherapeutic findings, algometry, infrared thermography and ultrasound correlate with each other and with headache characteristics (incl. time period since the beginning of the headache disorder/after TBI)?	—

Measure

Time frame

Infrared thermography: Temperature values of the examined muscles as a whole, and in the area of manually detected myofascial changes in a relaxed and tense state. Ultrasound examination: muscle thickness, fascia thickness, muscle volume, echo texture analysis and shear module for the analysed muscles in total and in the area of manually detected myofascial changes. How do the physiotherapeutic findings, algometry, infrared thermography and ultrasound correlate with each other and with headache characteristics (incl. time period since the beginning of the headache disorder/after TBI)?

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMichaela V. Bonfert

michaela.bonfert@med.lmu.de+49 15254923717

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026