Influence of Osteopathic Intervention on Cervical Muscles in Tension Headaches in Women

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Conditions studied: Tension Headaches

In brief

This study aims to understand whether there is any relationship between the intervention on the trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and suboccipital muscles in patients with chronic tension headaches.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06475248

Run by

Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto

People needed

43

Starts

2026-09-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-11

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Tension headaches;
• Being over eighteen years of age;

You may not qualify if…

• Loss of mobility of cervical;
• Cervical and shoulder pain during episodes;
• Other headaches (migraine, cervicogenic headache...)
• Other interventions and/or pharmacological treatment a few days before the intervention;
• Epilepsy;
• Trauma.

Where it is running

• Escola Superior da Saúde do Porto — Porto, Portugal

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