Chiropractic Treatment for Headache Among Children Aged 7-14
CompletedNot applicableNCT02684916
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The primary aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation treatment versus placebo treatment in children suffering from headache for more than six months.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Chiropractic Manipulation Treatment Versus Placebo Manipulation on Children Aged 7-14 Years With Headache and Musculoskeletal Problems. A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Headache
- Interventions
- Procedure: Chiropractic treatment
- Procedure: Placebo
- Sponsor
- Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
- Collaborators
- University of Southern Denmark
- Start date
- 2015-10
- Primary completion
- 2019-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 7 Years to 14 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Denmark
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Headaches for at least half a year. * Headache for at least 4 days pr. month. * At least one musculoskeletal dysfunction as identified by an experienced chiropractor as a movement restriction in one or more of the spinal joints and painful on manual palpation suitable for chiropractic manipulation treatment at the time of the initial screening. * Able to report information on headache via cell phone either by him- or herself or with help from the parents. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications for chiropractic treatment * Ongoing treatment for headache at another practitioner, except medical treatment 3 months prior to inclusion. * Lack of reporting baseline data via sms 4 weeks prior to inclusion. * Acute neck or head trauma during the trial period which is estimated to influence the headache
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02684916