NCT04976725

Comparison of Craniosacral Therapy and Myofacial Relaxation Techniques in People Diagnosed With Migraine

Completed NA Last updated 9 November 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy in Migraine Disorders in 75 participants. Completed in 20 September 2021.

Timeline

10 February 2021

Primary endpoint
10 September 2021

20 September 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	quadruple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	75
Start date	10 February 2021
Primary completion	10 September 2021
Estimated completion	20 September 2021
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy

Conditions studied

• Migraine Disorders — all drugs for Migraine Disorders →

Sponsor

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Migraine Disorders. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Headache is a neurological condition that is very common all over the world and is observed at some time in life in more than 90% of society. Migraine headache, known for thousands of years, is one of the oldest diseases of humanity. The word 'hemicrania', meaning 'half of a head', is used due to unilateral pain. Approaches to treating migraine include medication, relaxation, biofeedback, living a regular life, adequate sleep, exercise, and stress management. Neck pain is especially common in migraine patients. Exercise, manual practices, electrop novelties are used to reduce musculoskeletal problems, thus reducing the effects of migraine. Myofascial relaxation techniques, which are included in the manipulative techniques in the literature, are relaxation methods performed on myofascial trigger points.Osteopathic manual therapy (OMT) , which has recently entered the literature, 19. osteopathy, developed by Andrew Taylor STILL at the end of the century, is a treatment system characterized by focusing on integrity and using it by hand to heal diseases.The study of cranial OMM kraniyum first anatomical and physiological mechanisms for the prevention and treatment of disease as a whole is concerned with the relationship of the body, including diagnostic and therapeutic methods.It is used in the treatment of somatic dysfunction of the head and other body parts. An important component of cranial Omm is the primary respiratory mechanism, which occurs as movement of the head bones, sacrum, dural membranes, central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid. The primary respiratory mechanism is synchronous with the cranial rhythmic impulse, a 2-phase rhythmic cycle that represents a dynamic metabolic exchange with each stage of the body. This cycle is indicated as loops between 7 and 14 per minute.Fascial mobilization therapy increases energy use in segments implemented by mechanical changes.Accordingly, it helps to reduce the spasm of these layers extending fascially, to dissolve adhesions, and to increase the range of motion of the joint.

H0: Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy has no effect on migraine symptoms. H1: Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy has an effect on migraine symptoms. H2: myofascial relaxation techniques have no effect on migraine symptoms. H3: methods of Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy have an effect on migraine symptoms.

H4: myofascial relaxation techniques and osteopathic manipulative treatment methods have no superiority over each other.

H5: myofascial relaxation techniques and osteopathic manipulative treatment methods have superiority over each other.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Comparison of Craniosacral Therapy and Myofascial Relaxation Techniques in People with Migraine Headache: A Randomized Controlled Study.
   Araci A, Özşimşek A, Yuluğ B, Karaçay E. · · 2024 · PMID 39670206 · DOI 10.1016/j.jcm.2024.08.010