Neck-Shoulder Region Training for Chronic Headache in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated whether a specific exercise program for the neck-shoulder region reduces headache intensity, frequency, and duration, and how it influences neck disability among women with chronic headache compared to a control group.

Design

Two-center randomized controlled trial.

Subjects

116 working-age women.

Intervention

The exercise group (n = 57) performed a home-based program with six progressive exercise modules, over 6 months. The control group (n = 59) underwent six placebo-dosed transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation sessions. Both groups performed stretching exercises.

Main measures

The primary outcome was pain intensity of headache, assessed using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Secondary outcomes were frequency and duration o

SUBMITTER: Rinne M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426253 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature