Muscle Strength in Shoulder and Neck Muscles in Tension Type Headache Patients. Effect of Specific Strength Training
NCT ID: NCT02984826
Last Updated: 2016-12-07
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
90 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-05-31
2012-06-30
Brief Summary
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Tension Type Headache (TTH) is highly frequent and is of great socio-economic importance. Andersen et al. 2008 has shown that maximal muscle strength is reduced in women with trapezius myalgia. It is shown that specific strength training leads to prolonged pain relief.
Aim:Test: To investigate the impact of TTH on shoulder, and neck muscle strength in patients with TTH compared to healthy controls.
Intervention: To investigate the effect of specific strength training on patients with TTH compared with control group, receiving training in ergonomics.
Method: Test part. 60 tension headache patients, 30 healthy. Muscle testing of neck and shoulder. Testing conducted by blinded research assistant.
Intervention group: 60 patients with tension headache randomly assigned to the intervention group or control group. Intervention with specific strength training program runs for 10 weeks. The control group will be trained in ergonomics. 3 months follow up.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Strength training
Intervention with specific strength training program runs for 10 weeks.
Strength training
The specific ST group trained and fulfilled a 10 week training diary. The ST consisted of 4 shoulder exercises. During the training the relative loading was progressively increased from 12 repetitions maximum (RM) (70% of maximal intensity) at the beginning to 8 RM (80 % of the maximal intensity). ST was performed with slow concentric and eccentric muscle contractions with resistance from the elastic bands.
Ergonomic and posture
Intervention, the control group will be trained in ergonomics and posture.
Ergonomic and posture
The control group was instructed in ergonomics and posture correction (EP). They were instructed to pay attention to their sitting posture, and how they used a computer or other working tools. Further they were asked to do a posture correction exercise 3 times a day with 10 repetitions. The EP were seen twice during the 10 week period, and had a phone call every 2 weeks. After 10 weeks they were instructed that they should stop the exercise but continue to be conscious of their ergonomics and sitting position.
Interventions
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Strength training
The specific ST group trained and fulfilled a 10 week training diary. The ST consisted of 4 shoulder exercises. During the training the relative loading was progressively increased from 12 repetitions maximum (RM) (70% of maximal intensity) at the beginning to 8 RM (80 % of the maximal intensity). ST was performed with slow concentric and eccentric muscle contractions with resistance from the elastic bands.
Ergonomic and posture
The control group was instructed in ergonomics and posture correction (EP). They were instructed to pay attention to their sitting posture, and how they used a computer or other working tools. Further they were asked to do a posture correction exercise 3 times a day with 10 repetitions. The EP were seen twice during the 10 week period, and had a phone call every 2 weeks. After 10 weeks they were instructed that they should stop the exercise but continue to be conscious of their ergonomics and sitting position.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Tension-type headache(TTH), inclusion criteria were age between 18 and 65 years and for patients a diagnosis of TTH ≥8 headache days per month, and ≤3 migraine days per month according to ICHD-II -criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Exclusion criteria were medication overuse headache (ICHD-II), previous whiplash or head trauma, other major physical or neurological diseases, depression, other mental illness, or being unable to understand and speak Danish. The patients were tested for cervicogenic headache according to Jull, et al 2007, and were excluded if the test was positive.
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Danish Headache Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Bjarne Kjeldgaard Madsen
physiotherapist phd student
Principal Investigators
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Bjarne K K Madsen, phd stud.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Danish Headache Center
Locations
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Danish Headache Center Rigshospitalet - Glostrup
Glostrup Municipality, , Denmark
Countries
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References
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Madsen BK, Sogaard K, Andersen LL, Tornoe B, Jensen RH. Efficacy of strength training on tension-type headache: A randomised controlled study. Cephalalgia. 2018 May;38(6):1071-1080. doi: 10.1177/0333102417722521. Epub 2017 Jul 27.
Other Identifiers
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H-3-2009-080
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id