migraine. Migraine
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: After face-to-face training on how to perform cranio-cervical stretching and strengthening exercises individually by the sports medicine assistant, an educational C
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women between 18-65 year old who are suffering from migraine according to ICD-III diagnostic criteria Tending to participation in research study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who have not been referred for follow-up for any reason. Having other types of primary headaches at the same time like exertional headache, tension headache, cluster headache, medication overuse headache. Causes of secondary headaches including cervicogenic headache, temporal arthritis, drug induced headache, and other causes of headache like trigeminal and occipital neuralgia, tumor Performing regular craniocervical stretching and strengthening exercises before entering the study Performing other non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions for the treatment of migraine (including physical therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, etc.) during the study and immediately before entering the study Pregnancy or deciding to become pregnant Lactaion Existing a physical limitation to do prescribed exercises Suffering from a mental disorder Changes in the patient's treatment method according to the physician consideration or doing other treatments by the patient during the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pattern of migraine headache. Timepoint: before intervention and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Evaluation the logbook provided to patients regarding headache attacks based on severity, duration, frequency and frequency of use of drugs for the treatment of acute headaches or changes in the dose and number of migraine prophylactic medicines, recital one month before the start of the study and during 8-week study period. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life. Timepoint: before intervention and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: (The Short Form Health Survey) SF-36 questionnaire.;The effect of neck pain on the patient's daily life. Timepoint: before intervention and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: (Neck Disability Index) NDI Questionnaire.;Evaluation of patient's pain. Timepoint: before intervention and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Investigating of the effect of headache on normal daily life and functional ability. Timepoint: before intervention and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: (Headache Impact Test) HIT6 Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactZahra Tavakol
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed