The cervical spine is the most mobile region of the spine and must be strong enough to support the weight of the skull. Strength deficits of the deep cervical muscles are related to different clinical conditions, such as cervicogenic headache. Cervicogenic headache is a secondary headache defined as a unilateral headache associated with neck pain, related to a decreased cervical range of motion and strength deficits of the deep cervical muscles.~Training protocols can help to improve pain, function, posture and cross-sectional area. However, there are no training protocols in subjects with cervicogenic headache including deep neck extensor and flexor muscles. The cervical device treatment (CDAT) allows us to train the cervical flexor and extensor muscle in a simple and comfortable way.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical results in cervical spine range of motion, endurance deep cervical muscles, headache impact and physical activity enjoyment by a training protocol with the new device for cervical treatment (CDAT) versus conventional training protocol (CT) in subjects with cervicogenic headache.