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Relation Between Cervicogenic Headache and Forward Head Posture

Cervicogenic Headache Among Subjects With Forward Head Posture: a Correlational Cross-sectional Study.


Sponsor

Cairo University

Enrollment

400 participants

Start Date

Dec 10, 2024

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

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.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 25 Years

Inclusion Criteria2

  • 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).

Exclusion Criteria2

  • 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).

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPhotogrametry , flexion rotation (FRT) test, Diagnosis of CGH according diagnostic criteria of the Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group (CHISG)

Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery and other phenomena. Flexion rotation (FRT) test: FRT is a manual examination technique with high sensitivity and specificity. It is performed with the patient in supine by passively taking the cervical spine into full flexion. End-range cervical flexion imparts ligamentous tension that impedes movement at vertebral segments below C2.7 Maintaining the flexion position, the patient's head is then rotated to each side until the patient reports pain or the operator determines that end of motion has been achieved. It is then determined if a restriction in ROM is present.


Locations(1)

Mirna Ebrahim Abdelmagid

Giza, Egypt

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