Atef Abdulalim Abdulhalim <br/><br/>
Positional release technique versus post isometric relaxation technique in treatment of cervicogenic headache /  
 تقنية الإنفراج الوضعي مقابل استرخاء ما بعد انقباض متساوي الشدة في علاج الصداع العنقي  
Atef Abdul Alim Abdulhalim ; Supervised Salwa Fadl Abdelmageed , Nasr Awad Abdelkader , Hany Mohamed Hamed 
 - Cairo :   Atef Abdulalim Abdulhalim ,   2019 
 - 75 P. :   charts , facsimiles , photoghraphs ;   25cm  
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders  
<br/><br/> Background: Soft tissues of the neck are a common cause of cervicogenic headache (CGH).The purpose of this study: To compare between the effect of positional release technique (PRT) and post isometric relaxation (PIR) technique in patients with CGH. Patients and method: Thirty patients of CGH have been taken in the study. They were selected from Kafer El sheikh general hospital.They were randomly assigned into 2 groups. Group A consisted of 15 patients with mean age 45.86±8.825 years; who had received PRT for upper trapezius ,sternocleidomastoid muscles and suboccipital muscle with hot pack, and group B consisted of 15 patients with mean age 43.66±8.39 years  underwent PIR for the same muscles with hot pack. Intervention was given for 9 sessions (3 sessions / week). Outcome measures taken were visual analogue scale (VAS), neck disability index (NDI) and cervical range of motion (ROM) before treatment and post the 9  session 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Cervicogenic headache Positional release technique Post isometric technique