Effect of cervicogenic headache on cervical proprioception / Hoda Ibrahim Abbas Mousa ; Supervised Mohamed Hussien Elgendy , Mayada Ashraf Mahmoud

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science

Background: Cervicogenic Headache is typically chronic type of headache , presented as unilateral cephalgia, and is believed to be acquired by musculoskeletal dysfunction of the neck. Cervical proprioception has a significant job in keeping up ordinary spinal development, stability and maintaining the balance of the body as a whole. Objective : to investigate the impact of cervicogenic headache on cervical active repositioning accuracy and cervical range of motion. Materials and Methods: Fourty subjects of both genders (28 females and 12 males) were selected and allocated into 2 groups, Cervicogenic Headache (CGH) group comprising of 15 females and 5 males and control group (13 females and 7 males). Their age ranged from (20) to (40) years. Cervical proprioception and range of motion were evaluated by CROM device. Active repositioning accuracy was used to test cervical proprioception: subjects were asked to relocate their heads as accurately as possible to a previously remembered head position following an active movement (flexion, extension and left and right rotations). Results: There was a significant effect of Cervicogenic Headache on cervical reposition error in all tested cervical movements: cervical flexion reposition error (p = 0.0001), cervical extension reposition error (p = 0.0001), cervical Right rotation reposition error (p = 0. 0001) and cervical Left rotation reposition error (p = 0.0001) and there was statistical significant decrease in ROM values of all tested cervical movements (flexion, extention and right &left rotation

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