Clinical Trial

Specific Neck Rehabilitation for Unilateral Headache and Neck Pain, and Structural and Functional Changes in the Brain

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Record status
This record was last updated May 4, 2025 (before its estimated December 31, 2025 completion). Its status may not reflect the trial's current state.
Summary
In part 1 of the project clinical effect of specific neck rehabilitation for unilateral headache and neck pain (also termed cervicogenic headache) will be compared with standard primary health care. The researchers will further study whether fear avoidance beliefs and self-efficacy predict long term neck function and headache frequency superior to active range of neck movement. Part 2 will investigate whether patients with cervicogenic headache have structural changes in cerebral grey and white matter and in connectivity of the resting state state network, and whether these are reversed after effective neck rehabilitation and correlate to symptom severity and degree of disability.
Protocol Amendment History 8 amendments
This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended 8 times since 2016-09-20; most recent amendment 2025-04-30.
Status change: Recruiting → Active, Not Recruiting 2020-03-06
Status change: Not Yet Recruiting → Recruiting 2016-10-28
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT02908984
Lead Sponsor University of Tromso
Collaborators: The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health
Conditions Cervicogenic Headache
Enrollment 57 participants
Start Date 2016-10
Primary Completion 2025-12-31 (estimated)
Study Completion 2025-12-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2025-05-04