Relation Between Cervicogenic Headache and Forward Head Posture

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Conditions studied: Cervicogenic Headache

In brief

This study will be designed to determining whether there is a relationship between CGH and cervical posture which may potentially provide physical therapists with evidence supporting the assessment and treatment of abnormal posture in this patient group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04722913

Run by

Cairo University

People needed

400

Starts

2024-12-10

Expected to finish

2025-02-15

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects with Craniovertebral angle (CVA) less than 50 degrees. (Gavin Morrison, 2018).
• University students who were taking consecutive lectures for 3 hours and who worked forward for 3 hours or more on laptop (Arfa Naz et al, 2018).

You may not qualify if…

• History of significant medical conditions that might be potential contraindications to physical examination of the cervical spine, including known cancer, osteoporosis, nerve root symptoms, inflammatory or infectious diseases affecting the neck instability of the cervical spine, or reported potential vertebrobasilar insufficiency symptoms (Peter K. Farmer et al, 2015).
• History of cervical spine injures (fracture, sprain, strain, whiplash), cervical spondylosis, obvious spinal deformities, neurological and neuromuscular disorders, TMJ dysfunction, cervicothoracic and lumbar kyphoscoliosis, rheumatic disease, torticollis, and balance disorders (B. Shaghayegh fard et al, 2015).

Where it is running

• Mirna Ebrahim Abdelmagid — Giza, Egypt (enrolling)

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