Relation Between Cervicogenic Headache and Forward Head Posture
ConditionCervicogenic Headache
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-25
SponsorCairo University
About this trial
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 criteria
Qualifiers
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).
Disqualifiers
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).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Photogrametry , flexion rotation (FRT) test, Diagnosis of CGH according diagnostic criteria of the Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group (CHISG)
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov