[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100577814":3},{"organization":4,"armGroups":7,"interventions":21,"overallOfficials":36,"centralContacts":46,"locations":56,"responsibleParty":68,"collaborators":27,"id":71,"slug":72,"hasResults":73,"nctId":74,"briefTitle":75,"officialTitle":76,"acronym":27,"eligibilityCriteria":77,"healthyVolunteers":73,"sex":78,"minAge":79,"maxAge":80,"enrollmentInfo":81,"targetDuration":27,"studyType":84,"phases":85,"briefSummary":87,"conditions":88,"keywords":27,"overallStatus":90,"whyStopped":27,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":91,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":92,"startDateStruct":95,"completionDateStruct":96,"leadSponsor":98,"locationsCount":99},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Cairo University","OTHER",[8,15],{"label":9,"type":10,"description":11,"interventionNames":12},"High power laser therapy and conventional physical therapy program","EXPERIMENTAL","The participants will receive high power laser therapy (HPLT) for 15 minutes in addition to a conventional physical therapy program (therapeutic exercise) for 45 minutes three a week for six weeks.",[13,14],"Device: High-power laser therapy","Other: Conventional physical therapy program",{"label":16,"type":17,"description":18,"interventionNames":19},"Placebo high power laser therapy and conventional physical therapy program","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","The participants will receive placebo high power laser therapy (HPLT) for 15 minutes in addition to a conventional physical therapy program (therapeutic exercise) for 45 minutes three a week for six weeks.",[20,14],"Device: Placebo (PL) high power laser",[22,28,32],{"type":23,"name":24,"description":25,"armGroupLabels":26,"otherNames":27},"DEVICE","High-power laser therapy","High power laser therapy (HPLT) with a neodymium-yttrium aluminum garnet laser with a pulsating waveform produced by a ( Hilterapia device , ASA, Arcugnano, Vicenza, Italy). It will be set at the following parameters: Nd:YAG laser with pulsed emission (1064 nm), very high peak powers with average power 6 W, high levels of fluency (760 mJ\u002Fcm energy density), short pulse duration (250 μs), low frequency (10-40 Hz), and 5-cm probe diameter for 15 minutes.\n\nThe scanning will be performed longitudinally \\&transversely from the C3 to C7 posterior neck in the paraspinal region, upper back, inter-scapular area, trapezius, sternocleidomastoid muscles, and posterior \\& lateral shoulder areas",[9],null,{"type":23,"name":29,"description":30,"armGroupLabels":31,"otherNames":27},"Placebo (PL) high power laser","laser probe scanning will be applied to the same areas as that applied in the HPLT procedure. PL will be applied while the lights of the device will be on, with no current flowing through the device. Placebo therapy will be applied at the same frequency as HPLT (Three sessions a week for six weeks for a total of 18 sessions; one session will be lasted 15 minutes).",[16],{"type":6,"name":33,"description":34,"armGroupLabels":35,"otherNames":27},"Conventional physical therapy program","A specific program of 45-min exercise of three sessions a week for six weeks for a total of 18 sessions. Corrective exercises will be performed initially by stretching exercises for(suboccipital, upper trapezeius, scalene, levator scapulae, sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis major\u002Fminor muscles) will be given four repetitions with 30 second hold. each with 3 seconds rest between each stretch Then, strengthening exercises will be performed initially in an isometric manner for weak muscles (deep cervical flexors, rhomboidus, and lower trapezeius muscles) will be done initially without weight and afterward by using Theraband and dumbells. All patients will be instructed to achieve three sets of 12 repetitions of the strengthening exercises (isometrics exercises) with 1 to 2 minutes rest in between each set. Contraction will be held for 5 seconds\u002Frepetitions. 10-20 repetitions for strengthening exercises and 3 sets of 30 repetitions for endurance exercise",[9,16],[37,41,43],{"name":38,"affiliation":39,"role":40},"Shehab Khadrawy, Professor","Al-Azhar University","STUDY_DIRECTOR",{"name":42,"affiliation":5,"role":40},"Asharaf A. Abdelmoneim, Professor",{"name":44,"affiliation":5,"role":45},"Abd El-Aleem A Attia, professor","STUDY_CHAIR",[47,52],{"name":48,"role":49,"phone":50,"phoneExt":27,"email":51},"Ahmed K youssef, PHD","CONTACT","+201060638274","ahmed.karem41570@gmail.com",{"name":53,"role":49,"phone":54,"phoneExt":27,"email":55},"Mohamed H. Marzouk, PHD","+201286162908","mohamedhelayel1990@gmail.com",[57],{"facility":58,"status":27,"city":59,"state":27,"zip":27,"country":60,"countryCode":61,"cosmosGeoPoint":62,"geoPoint":67,"contacts":27},"Ahmed Karem Youssef Tawfik","Cairo","Egypt","EG",{"type":63,"coordinates":64},"Point",[65,66],31.24967,30.06263,{"lat":66,"lon":65},{"type":69,"investigatorFullName":58,"investigatorTitle":70,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":27,"oldOrganization":27},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR","Principal investigator","100577814","high-power-laser-on-suboccipital-myoelectrical-activities-and-quality-of-life-in-patients-with-cervicogenic-headache-100577814",false,"NCT06803186","High Power Laser on Suboccipital Myoelectrical Activities and Quality of Life in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache","Effect of High Power Laser Therapy on Myoelectrical Activities of Suboccipital Muscles and Quality of Life in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Patients suffering from cervicogenic headache based on international headache society \"IHS\" criteria for cervicogenic headache.\n* Unilateral cervical radiculopathy (Upper cervical C1 -C4).\n* Age ranged from 30 to 50 years.\n* Neck pain referring unilaterally to suboccipital region.\n* The pain and restriction in C1-C2 rotation by Cervical Flexion-Rotation Test (FRT )\n* Intensifying headache by manual pressure to upper cervical muscles and joints.\n* Experiencing headache at least once per week for the last 6 months.\n* Patients will be referred by neurological consultants.\n* Body mass index (18.5 - 29. 9 Kg\u002Fm2).\n* Moderate (45-74) to severe (75-100) neck pain on the visual analogue scale.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Cervical myelopathy, cervical instability, cervical fracture cervical surgery with evidence of pyramidal, posterior column disorders.\n* History of any neurologic disease ( stroke, MS , cerebellar disorders , vestibular dysfunction and neuropathy )Pregnant or breastfeeding women\n* Other types of headaches (migraine - cluster headaches- tension headache)\n* Patients of systemic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis\n* contraindication to high-power Laser such as:\n* Wounds or skin changes in the neck or shoulder region (such as psoriasis, scars, or burns).\n* Photosensitivity diagnosis.\n* Tumors of some type have been diagnosed in the last 5 years.\n* Presence of solar urticaria or adverse reactions to sunlight.","ALL","30 Years","50 Years",{"count":82,"type":83},40,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[86],"NA","The study will be conducted:\n\nTo investigate the effect of high-power laser on myoelectrical activities of suboccipital muscles in patients with cervicogenic headache.\n\n* To investigate the effect of high-power laser on pain in patients with cervicogenic headache.\n* To investigate the effect of high-power laser on quality of life in patients with cervicogenic headache.",[89],"Cervicogenic Headache","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2025-01-31",{"date":93,"type":94},"2025-02-04","ACTUAL",{"date":91,"type":83},{"date":97,"type":83},"2025-05-15",{"name":5,"class":6},1]