Clinical Trial: The Effect of Myofascial Release in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: The Effect of Myofascial Release Technique on Headache Intensity,Duration,Frequency and Pressure Pain Threshold in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache

Brief Summary: Cervicogenic headache (CeH) is a secondary and often unilateral that is known by referring pain from soft or hard cervical structures to occipital, temporal, frontal and sometimes pre-orbital regions. There is higher prevalence of cervical muscle tightness, assessed clinically in CeH patients and anatomically there are some fascial connections between sub-occipital muscles with vertebra of C2 and Dura-mater.Therefore fascial restriction in this region can limit the normal movement of muscles between fascial plates in different directions in sub-occipital region. The purpose of current study was to compare the effect of MFR Technique in the upper cervical region with common (Exs) on pain intensity, frequency, duration and Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) of upper cervical joints in subjects with CeH.