The Relationship between Age, Gender and Core Stability in Cervicogenic Headache

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The Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and its Surgeries, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

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Background: Cervicogenic headache is a secondary head-ache. It originates from the cervical spine and is typically chronic in nature. The deep cervical flexors muscles especially longus colli and longus capitis are more affected with this type of headache.
Aim of Study: To investigate if neck core stability in cervicogenic headache patients is related to a specific age and gender.
Methods: Sixty subjects diagnosed as cervicogenic head-ache of both genders participated in this study. Their ages ranged from 20 to 49 years. Pressure biofeedback unit was used for assessment of neck muscles core strength. The correlation between gender and neck muscles core strength was tested using Pearson-chi square; while the correlation between age and neck muscles core strength was tested using two-tailed Pearson correlation test.
Results: There was no statistical significant correlation between gender (p-value: .937), age (p-value: .438) and neck muscles core strength.
Conclusion: The weakness of the deep cervical flexors muscles in cervicogenic headache patients doesn’t belong to a specific age or gender.

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The Medical Journal of Cairo University
Volume 87, March
March 2019
Pages 995-999

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