Recruiting
Phase 2
Phase 3

Chiropractic & Acupressure

Sponsor:

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Code:

NCT01509326

Conditions

Cervicogenic Headache

Tension-type Headache

Migraine Headache

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

chiropractic treatment

Dr. Zaxx pillow

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will investigate the effect of chiropractic treatment with and without the use of an acupressure pillow for cervical headaches. Subjects will be randomly allocated to groups with and without the pillow and will be followed for five weeks. The primary outcome measure will be headache frequency. The investigators predict that the group using the pillow on a daily basis will demonstrate significantly greater decrease in headache frequency over a 5-week interval.

Conditions

Cervicogenic Headache

Tension-type Headache

Migraine Headache

Study ID

NCT01509326

Start date

Jan, 2012

Status verified date

Jan, 2012

Completion date

Nov, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • males and females
  • ages 21-60
  • recurrent headaches
  • sub-occipital tenderness
  • a minimum of 4 headaches per month

Exclusion Criteria:

  • migraine with aura
  • sinus headache
  • any other organic pathology
  • any contraindications to cervical manipulation

Study Design

Enrollment

36 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Chiropractic

spinal manipulation, mobilization, massage, advice, exercises

experimental: Chiropractic PLUS pillow

spinal manipulation, mobilization, massage, advice, exercises, pillow

Interventions

chiropractic treatment

12 sessions over 4 weeks

Dr. Zaxx pillow

Daily use of an acupressure pillow

Primary outcome measure

  • Headache frequency from a Headache Diary [ Time Frame: change from baseline in headache frequency at 5 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Howard Vernon, DC, PhD

416-482-2340hvernon@cmcc.ca

Locations

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2H 3J1

Contacts

Mark Fillery, BA

416-482-2340mfillery@cmcc.ca

Principal Investigator:

Howard Vernon, DC, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Last update posted

Jan 13, 2012

Last verified

Jan, 2012

Keywords

  • headache
  • chiropractic
  • manipulation
  • acupressure
  • self-care

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College on 2012-01-13.