Deep Neck Flexors Training Versus Muscle Energy Technique on Cervicogenic Headache
Cervicogenic Headache
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Cervicogenic Headache focused on measuring Cervicogenic Headache, Neck Muscles, exercise muscle stretch, postures
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Subjects aged 18 - 55 years. Both male and female subjects will be recruited in the study. Unilateral headache (without side shift) related by pain, movement and sustaining position of neck started from the occiput spread to the tempro-frontal region for more than 3 months >20 degree movement restriction in cervical ROM, especially in the upper cervical rotation. Positive flexion rotation test to confirm Cervicogenic headache. Subjects with rounded shoulders having distance between on the table and the acromion>2.5 cm Exclusion Criteria: Fracture or previous surgery on vertebral column History of spinal stenosis or disc prolapse dysfunction or headache with autonomic involvement Other types of headache including migraine, tension type etc. laxity of alar ligaments vertebra basilar artery insufficiency Patients with a history of physiotherapy at least 3 months prior to the study.
Sites / Locations
- Railway General HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
deep neck flexor group
muscle energy technique
Deep neck flexors stretch Conventional Therapy: Moist heat therapy for 10 minutes, TENS 10 min, cervical active ROMS, Non-thrust mobilizations
Post isometric stretch on trapezious and suboccipital muscles Conventional Therapy: Moist heat therapy for 10 minutes, TENS 10 min, cervical active ROMS, Non-thrust mobilizations