Prevalence of Migraine and its Association with Neck Pain Among Students of the University of Lahore : Migraine and its Association with Neck Pain

Imaan Fatima; Iqra  Mubeen; Fareeha  Amjad; Adnan  Hashim; Muhammad  Umer; Mishab  Zahur

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v5i6.596

Authors

Imaan Fatima University Institute of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Iqra Mubeen University Institute of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Fareeha Amjad University Institute of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Adnan Hashim University Institute of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Umer Sadiq Hospital, Sargodha, Pakistan
Mishab Zahur University institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i6.596

Keywords:

Migraine, Neck Pain, Students

Abstract

Headaches have been associated with a certain collection of mental difficulties, including sadness, anxiety, worries, and frenzied issues. If untreated, cranial discomfort and atypical headache attacks may cause nervousness and sorrow due to the victim's sense of helplessness brought on by the pain's irrationality Objective: To find out the prevalence of migraine attacks and its association with neck pain among students of the University of Lahore Methods: Data was collected from 217 students of The The University of Lahore, having migraine and neck pain by using questionnaire of Neck Disability Index and Numerical Pain rating scale for Migraine. The permission was taken from institute and the questions were asked after obtaining consent of student Results: Age distribution among students was 20.88±1.644 years with minimum age of 19yrs and maximum 25 yrs. Out of 217, males with the percentage 28.6 % and 71.4 % females. Students with no migraine were 17.1%, mild migraine were 36.9%, moderate migraine were 27.6% and severe migraine were 18.4%. Out of 217, 7(3.2%) had no neck pain, 6(2.8%) had mild neck pain, 115(53.0%) had moderate neck pain, 74(34.1%) had severe neck pain and 10(4.6%) had very severe neck pain Conclusion: An association between migraine attacks and neck pain was observed.

References

Lantéri-Minet M, Radat F, Chautard MH, Lucas C. Anxiety and depression associated with migraine: influence on migraine subjects' disability and quality of life, and acute migraine management. Pain. 2005 Dec 5;118(3):319-326. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.09.010.

Brandes JL. The migraine cycle: patient burden of migraine during and between migraine attacks. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 2018 Mar;48(3):430-41. doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.01004.x

Lipton RB, Bigal ME, Steiner TJ, Silberstein SD, Olesen J. Classification of primary headaches. Neurology. 2004 Aug 10;63(3):427-35. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000133301.66364.9b.

Cady RK, Schreiber CP, Farmer KU. Understanding the patient with migraine: The evolution from episodic headache to chronic neurological disease: A proposed classification of patients with headache. Headache. 2014; 44:426-435. doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04094.x

Brandes JL, Poole AC, Kallela M, Schreiber CP, MacGregor EA, Silberstein SD, Tobin J, Shaw R. Short-term frovatriptan for the prevention of difficult-to-treat menstrual migraine attacks. Cephalalgia. 2019 Nov;29(11):1133-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01840.x.

Hussain SI, Ahmad A, Amjad F, Shafi T, Shahid HA. Effectiveness of natural apophyseal glides versus grade I and II Maitland mobilization in nonspecific neck pain. Annals of King Edward Medical University. 2016 Feb 11;22(1):23-. doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v22i1.792

Sauro KM, Becker WJ. The stress and migraine interaction. Headache. 2009 Oct;49(9):1378-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01486.x.

Fejer R, Kyvik KO, Hartvigsen J. The prevalence of neck pain in the world population: a systematic critical review of the literature. Eur Spine J 2006; 15:834–48. doi: 10.1007/s00586-004-0864-4.

Schellingerhout JM, Verhagen AP, Heymans MW, Pool JJ, Vonk F, Koes BW, de Vet HC. Which subgroups of patients with non-specific neck pain are more likely to benefit from spinal manipulation therapy, physiotherapy, or usual care? Pain. 2018 Oct 31;139(3):670-80. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.07.015.

Amjad F, Mohseni-Bandpei MA, Gilani SA, Ahmad A, Hanif A. Effects of non-surgical decompression therapy in addition to routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion, endurance, functional disability and quality of life versus routine physical therapy alone in patients with lumbar radiculopathy; a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Mar 16;23(1):255.doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05196-x.

Hansson T & Jensen I. Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU). Chapter 6. Sickness absence due to back and neck disorders. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Supplement 2014; 63: 109e151.

Vos C, Verhagen AP, Passchier J, Koes B. Management of acute neck pain in general practice: a prospective study. Br J Gen Pract 2017; 57:23–8.

Bergmann TF. Chiropractic technique. In: Gatterman MI, editor. Foundations of chiropractic: subluxation. 2nd ed. St. Louis (Mo): Elsevier Mosby; 2015.133-67.

Vernon H, Humphreys K, Hagino C. Chronic mechanical neck pain in adults treated by manual therapy: a systematic review of change scores in randomized clinical trials. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2017 Mar 1;30(3):215-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.01.014.

Pradhan S, Choudhury SS. Clinical characterization of neck pain in migraine. Neurology India. 2018 Mar 1;66(2):377. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.227302.

Yu Z, Wang R, Ao R, Yu S. Neck pain in episodic migraine: a cross-sectional study. Journal of pain research. 2019; 12:1605-1613. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S200606.

Amjad F, Mohseni-Bandpei MA, Gilani SA, Ahmad A, Waqas M, Hanif A. Urdu version of Oswestry disability index; a reliability and validity study. BMC musculoskeletal disorders. 2021 Dec;22,311(2021):1-1. doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04173-0

Luedtke, K, May, A. Stratifying migraine patients based on dynamic pain provocation over the upper cervical spine. J Headache Pain 2017; 18: 97–101. doi: 10.1186/s10194-017-0808-0.

Lampl C, Rudolph M, Deligianni CI, Mitsikostas DD. Neck pain in episodic migraine: premonitory symptom or part of the attack? J Headache Pain. 2015;16:566. doi: 10.1186/s10194-015-0566-9.

Ashina S, Bendtsen L, Lyngberg AC, Lipton RB, Hajiyeva N, Jensen R. Prevalence of neck pain in migraine and tension-type headache: a population study. Cephalalgia. 2015 Mar;35(3):211-9. doi: 10.1177/0333102414535110.

Özer G, Benlier N. Neck pain: is it part of a migraine attack or a trigger before a migraine attack? Acta Neurol Belg. 2020 Apr;120(2):289-293. doi: 10.1007/s13760-018-1030-9.

Zarar M and Amjad F. Prevalence of Migraine (Headache) Among Physiotherapy Students and Its Impact on Daily Activities. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2019,10(3):367-370.

Shahzadi K, Amjad F, Tanveer F, Ahmed A and Gilani SA. Frequency of migraine in students of university of Lahore. Isra Medical Journal,2017; 9(6): 424-426