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EFFECT OF INSTRUMENT- ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION ON TRIGGER POINTS OF TENSION HEADACHE

EFFECT OF INSTRUMENT- ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION ON TRIGGER POINTS OF TENSION HEADACHE

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202101819362204
Enrollment
30
Registered
2021-01-19
Start date
2021-01-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-27

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases Orthopaedics

Interventions

conventional treatment

Sponsors

Nada Gamal Saad
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Their age ranged from 30 to 40 years, 2) BMI ranged from 18 to 25 kg /m2. 3) TTH criteria according to Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (HIS 2013) has at least two of the following characteristics: a) Bilateral location. b) Pressing/tightening quality (non-pulsating). c) Mild or moderate intensity. d) Not aggravated by routine physical activity such as walking or climbing stairs. 4) Patients have Trigger points in suboccepital muscle and and trigger points 1, 2 in trapezius muscle The presence of MTrPs will determined using the diagnostic criteria described by Simons 1990, in which five major criteria and at least one of three minor criteria are needed for a clinical diagnosis of MPS, The major criteria were: 1) Regional neck pain. 2) Pain or altered sensation in the expected distribution of referred pain from a myofascial trigger point. 3) Taut band palpable in an accessible muscle. 4) Exquisite spot tenderness at one point along the length of the taut band. 5) Some degree of restricted range of motion (ROM) of cervical when measurable. The minor criteria were: 1) Reproduction of clinical pain or altered sensation by pressure on the tender spot. 2) Elicitation of a local twitch response by transverse snapping palpation at the tender spot or needle insertion into the tender spot of the taut band. 3) Pain alleviated by elongating (stretching) the muscle or by injecting the tender spot (trigger point).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with a history of malignancy 2) Patients who had a history of cervical and cranial Surgery 3) Patients with major psychiatric disorders (major Depression) 4) Patients with uncontrolled hypertension 5) Patient with other causes of headache. 6) Dysfunctions in the temporomandibular joint 7) Headaches associated with high fever, stiff neck, or rash, problems with vision or profound dizziness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
frequency of headache;headache intensirty;Pain Pressure Threshold by pressure algometer

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
function by neck disability index

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactNada Saad

practitioner physical therapy

nadagamal004@gmail.com+201090415655

Outcome results

None listed

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