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Table 1 Range of motion for all cervical movements of each study group

From: Restricted neck mobility in children with chronic tension type headache: a blinded, controlled study

 

CTTH group

Control group

P value

Flexion/extension

 Flexion

55.4° ± 6.3° (53.6°−57.2°)

64.6° ± 5.8° (62.9°−66.3°)

<0.001

 Extension

69.9° ± 10.8° (66.5°−72.8°)

78.2° ± 7.4° (76.1°−80.3°)

 Total

125.1° ± 12.9° (121.3°−128.9°)

142.8° ± 9.7° (140.0°−145.6°)

Lateral flexion

 Right

39.2° ± 5.9° (37.4°−40.8°)

48.4° ± 3.5° (44.6°−52.3°)

<0.001

 Left

40.8° ± 4.7° (39.4°−42.2°)

48.8° ± 2.3° (45.2°−52.4°)

 Total

80.0° ± 9.5° (77.2°−82.7°)

97.3° ± 6.2° (89.8°−104.7°)

Rotation

 Right

77.6° ± 7.7° (75.3°−79.8°)

79.4° ± 9.9° (75.6°−83.0°)

0.425

 Left

75.5° ± 8.8° (72.9°−78.1°)

78.4° ± 9.3° (74.6°−82.2°)

0.213

 Total

153.1° ± 15.5° (148.6°−157.6°)

157.7° ± 16.1° (150.3º−165.1º)

0.293

  1. CTTH chronic tension-type headache
  2. Values are expressed in mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval)
  3. P values come from the unpaired Student’s t test (a P value less than 0.025 was considered statistically significant)