Exercise in Migraine and Co-existing Tension-type Headache and Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT02269501

Last Updated: 2019-02-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2018-05-23

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the effect of a physical exercise program on patients suffering from migraine and co-existing tension-type headache and neck pain. The investigators hypothesized that migraine patients are ofte physically inactive because of their headache and that they will benefit from a specific exercise program.

Detailed Description

Migraine and tension-type headache are among the most common neurological diseases and are causing reduced quality of life, private and socio-economic consequences in terms of medical consumption and work-related absenteeism. The clinical experience shows that physical activity, like cycling and brisk walking, can prevent migraine attacks, but the evidence of the efficacy is sparse.

The primary aim of the study is to investigate the acute and the long term effect of exercise on patients suffering from migraine and co-existing tension-type headache and neck pain.

The project will be the first of its kind that explores the effect of an exercise program on patients who both suffer from migraine, tension-type headache and neck pain. We expect that the participants from the exercise program will achieve a reduced pain impact on everyday life, an improved fitness and quality of life, and a decrease of absence days and medication use.

Conditions

Migraine; Tension-type Headache; Neck Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Exercise treatment

Exercise treatment

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise treatment

Intervention Type: OTHER

No treatment

No treatment

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Exercise treatment

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Migraine
• Tension-type headache
• Neck pain

Exclusion Criteria

• Whiplash injury or other significant neck trauma
• Nerve root compression
• Post traumatic headache
• Medication overuse headache
• Cluster headache
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Pregnancy and breast feeding
• Severe physical and psychological illnesses
• Alcohol and or drug abuse
• Current insurance claim owing to headache
• Persons not able to speak or understand Danish
• Persons deemed not to implement the program because of musculoskeletal pain or physical limitations

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Danish Headache Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lotte Skytte Krøll

PT, MPH, PhD student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology

Glostrup Municipality, , Denmark

Countries

Denmark

Other Identifiers

H-1-2011-090

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id