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The Journal of Headache and Pain
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Does an aerobic endurance programme have an influence on information processing in migraineurs?

Authors: Claudia H Overath, Stephanie Darabaneanu, Marie C Evers, Wolf-Dieter Gerber, Melanie Graf, Armin Keller, Uwe Niederberger, Henrik Schäl, Michael Siniatchkin, Burkhard Weisser

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Migraine is a disorder of central information processing which is characterized by a reduced habituation of event-related potentials. There might be positive effects of aerobic exercise on brain function and pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of exercise on information processing and clinical course of migraine.

Methods

33 patients completed a ten-week aerobic exercise programme. To examine the influence of the treatment on information processing and attention, Trail Making Test (TMT) A and B, d2-Letter Cancellation Test (LCT) and recordings of the Contingent Negative Variation (CNV) were performed before and after the training.

Results

Patients showed a significant reduction of the migraine attack frequency, the iCNV-amplitude and the processing time for TMT-A and TMT-B after treatment. Moreover, there was a significant increase of the habituation and positive changes in parameters of attention (d2-LCT) after the training.

Conclusions

This study demonstrates that aerobic exercise programme influences central information processing and leads to clinical effects on the migraine symptomatology. The results can be interpreted in terms of an improvement of a dysfunctional information processing and a stimulus selection under aerobic exercise.
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Metadata
Title
Does an aerobic endurance programme have an influence on information processing in migraineurs?
Authors
Claudia H Overath
Stephanie Darabaneanu
Marie C Evers
Wolf-Dieter Gerber
Melanie Graf
Armin Keller
Uwe Niederberger
Henrik Schäl
Michael Siniatchkin
Burkhard Weisser
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-15-11

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