Active and Passive Cervical Flexion-rotation Tests

Cervicogenic Headaches Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Comparison of Range of Motion During the Active and Passive Flexion-rotation Tests in Subjects Patients With Cervicogenic Headache

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02070172
• Other study ID #: DMUSP2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 20, 2014
• Last updated: February 21, 2014
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: January 2011

Study information

• Verified date: February 2014
• Source: Des Moines University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Motion limitations have been previously reported in people with headaches originating from the neck/cervicogenic headaches. A test involving flexing and rotating the neck has been found useful to diagnose this type of headache. This observational study investigates this neck motion test when performed actively by the patient and passively by the examiner, then compares the results of motion attained.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: January 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• One-sided headaches

• Headaches caused by neck movement or sustained head positioning

• Neck, shoulder, or arm pain

• Intermittent headaches at least one headache per week for greater than 2 months

• Headaches of moderate intensity

Exclusion Criteria:

• A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

• Current pregnancy

• International Headache Society criteria for other headache forms (such as tension or migraine)

• Cervical radiculopathy

• Treatment for headaches by a physical therapist, chiropractor, massage therapist, or osteopath in the past month

• Positive test for vertebral artery insufficiency or cranial-vertebral ligament instability

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cervicogenic Headaches
• Headache
• Post-Traumatic Headache

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Des Moines University	Des Moines	Iowa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Des Moines University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cervical Range of Motion in degrees with the Flexion Rotation Test	Two versions of this test were examined. A motion analysis system was used to measure degrees of motion. The test was done in two ways on each subject. Subjects sat in a chair, looked downward, then rotated their head/neck each direction. Subjects laid on their back while an examiner lifted their head, then rotated it each direction (same motion as described for the active test in the previous sentence).; Within session reliability was also examined.	Baseline only	No
Secondary	Northwick park neck disability index	This self-report questionnaire was completed by subjects prior to testing. It was not re-assessed as an outcome but rather used for baseline description of the subjects included in the study.	Baseline only	No