Medicine: Will exercise relieve headaches in patients with chronic cervical vertebral disease?

Nearly 40 percent of patients with chronic cervical vertebral disease (WAD) report headaches after 5 years, making them one of the most common persistent symptoms other than neck pain, but there is currently no randomized treatment study.
The study, published in Baltimore, aims to assess the effects of three different forms of exercise on chronic WAD level 2 and level 3 headaches and to identify potential factors associated with such headaches and whether they differ from the three different aspects of this type of headache (current headache, maximum headache, or headache distress).
researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of patients with chronic WAD and headache (n s 188) who were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of neck-specific exercise, with (NSE) or no behavioral methods (NSEB) or physical activity prescriptions (PPA).
collect data at baselines and at 3, 6 and 12 months.
the relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and headaches in patients.
multivarivation regression model and linear hybrid model are used.
results, the NSE/NSEB group reported that headaches were reduced over time compared to PPA.
51% (NSE) and 61% (NSEB) reported at least a 50% reduction in headaches at 12 months.
PPA group has not improved over time.
neck pain and dizziness are associated with headaches, regardless of the aspect of the headache.
psychosocial factor associated with anxiety is anxiety, which is associated with headaches.
other factors are mainly physiological factors, explaining differences of up to 51%.
, the results showed that neck-specific exercise with or without behavior reduced chronic WADA headaches.
, chronic headaches are associated with neck pain and dizziness, regardless of the test.
other factors associated with chronic WADA headache are mainly physiological rather than psychosocial.
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