Migraine
Conditions
Keywords
Exercise, Fitness program
Brief summary
This trial assesses the impact of a supervised aerobic exercise program by a kinesiologist in patients with migraine. Patients can be assigned to one of two groups 1)The exercise group or 2)non-exercise group. This is a important area to study because there is currently limited information regarding exercise and its impact on migraine frequency and severity. In many cases, migraine patients are disabled by their headaches and sometimes will not have a significant response to medications. As a result, it is important to study other non-pharmacological interventions. In this study, the investigators hope to show the benefits of exercise by a reduction in number of headache days per month as well as by improvement in quality of life, disability,depression,anxiety,and aerobic fitness.This study will not interfere with the usual treatment patients receive at our headache clinic and patients can remain on medications deemed necessary.
Interventions
OTHERAerobic exercise
Patients receiving exercise program in addition to usual headache care
Sponsors
University of Calgary
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 58 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Patients must meet diagnostic criteria for migraine without aura, migraine with aura or chronic migraine. 2. Patients must be 18-50 years of age. 3. Individuals motivated to exercise and complete the study. \-
Exclusion criteria
1. Patient has a headache on more than 25 days a month 2. Patient is a medication over-user by International Headache Society (IHS) criteria 3. Patient currently has a fitness program with regular aerobic exercise for 30 minutes three times a week or more. 4. Known cardiovascular disease which contraindicates the exercise program 5. Inability to complete the outcome measure questionnaires. -
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Days with headache per month (based on headache diaries),comparing the change from baseline to month 3 and 6 post-randomization in the control versus the intervention group. Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire scores | At baseline,3, 6 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Show Improvement in measures of quality of life,disability,depression,anxiety,and aerobic fitness | Baseline, 3 ,6 months post randomization | Headache Impact Test (HIT-6 )score, Migraine Disability Assessment scores, Patient Health Questionnaire(PHQ-9 )scores,Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scores, Average headache intensity, Body Mass Index, Aerobic fitness |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence to fitness program in the intervention group | At 6 months after randomization |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed