Efficacy of Fascia Exercises in Migraine Patients

NCT ID: NCT06231615

Last Updated: 2024-01-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-10

Study Completion Date

2023-09-10

Brief Summary

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Migraine, which is characterized by attacks and many accompanying symptoms, negatively affects the quality of life of patients. Although different methods have been tried for migraine, there is no definitive treatment approach yet. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of fascia exercises as a new approach on the symptoms and complaints of migraine patients.

The study was completed with 30 volunteer migraine patients. Participants were divided into two groups in a randomized controlled manner. While head-neck and breathing exercises were applied to the control group, fascial pattern exercises were performed in the study group in addition to these exercises. This protocol was applied 2 days a week for 6 weeks. Pain intensity, quality of life and sleep, heart rate changes, depression and anxiety levels and satisfaction levels were evaluated before and after the treatment.

Fascial pattern exercises are an effective approach on the symptoms and complaints of migraine patients and can be adopted as a complementary application in migraine treatment. Since this is the first study in this field, it needs to be supported by other studies in order to increase the provability of the effectiveness of the exercises.

Detailed Description

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Migraine, which is characterized by attacks and many accompanying symptoms, negatively affects the quality of life of patients. Although different methods have been tried for migraine, there is no definitive treatment approach yet. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of fascia exercises as a new approach on the symptoms and complaints of migraine patients.

The study was completed with 30 volunteer migraine patients. Participants were divided into two groups in a randomized controlled manner. While head-neck and breathing exercises were applied to the control group, fascial pattern exercises were performed in the study group in addition to these exercises. This protocol was applied 2 days a week for 6 weeks. Pain intensity, quality of life and sleep, heart rate changes, depression and anxiety levels and satisfaction levels were evaluated before and after the treatment.

Demographic and descriptive characteristics of the participants were similar (p\>0.05). In both groups, the number of attacks, duration of attacks, pain intensity, migraine-related disability and anxiety levels decreased and sleep quality improved after treatment (p\<0.05). There was no significant difference in heart rate change parameters within and between the groups (p\>0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of treatment efficacy (p\>0.05). Patient satisfaction was higher in the fascia exercises group (p\<0.05).

Fascial pattern exercises are an effective approach on the symptoms and complaints of migraine patients and can be adopted as a complementary application in migraine treatment. Since this is the first study in this field, it needs to be supported by other studies in order to increase the provability of the effectiveness of the exercises.

Conditions

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Migraine

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

dual parallel group design
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
The evaluation of the patients was carried out by a blinded investigator, and the treatment was carried out by a different investigator.

Study Groups

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Treatment group

Patients in this group are the group to which fascia exercises are applied.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fascia exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Fascia exercises are slow and calm movements similar to yoga performed by the person herself/himself.

Conventional physiotherapy and breathing exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Head and neck exercises and breathing exercises

Control group

Patients in this group are the group to which conventional physiotherapy and breathing exercises are applied.

Group Type OTHER

Conventional physiotherapy and breathing exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Head and neck exercises and breathing exercises

Interventions

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Fascia exercises

Fascia exercises are slow and calm movements similar to yoga performed by the person herself/himself.

Intervention Type OTHER

Conventional physiotherapy and breathing exercises

Head and neck exercises and breathing exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* having a diagnosis of migraine for at least one year
* between the ages of 18-65 years,
* having migraine attacks at least 5 days a month,
* having a history of migraine starting under the age of 50,
* giving informed written consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* headache due to organic or secondary causes (history of subarachnoid or cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, cerebral embolism or thrombosis),
* receiving acupuncture treatment in the last 6 months,
* history of bleeding diathesis or receiving anticoagulant treatment,
* being pregnant or lactating,
* history of malignancy,
* having a diagnosis of depression or receiving antidepressant treatment,
* caffeine consumption in the last 4 hours,
* tobacco use in the last 48 hours,
* drug and alcohol use in the last week,
* eating within 2 hours prior to the test,
* being unable to move independently,
* having an uncontrolled medical condition,
* chronic cardiovascular disease,
* recent surgery,
* symptoms of somatic dysfunction,
* musculoskeletal injuries,
* any medication that interferes with the autonomic nervous system or immune system (e.g., beta blockers, steroids, or TNF-a inhibitors)
* any medical condition that affects the autonomic nervous system or immune system
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

59 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University

Ankara, Çubuk, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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07.04.2022/06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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