Acupuncture for Patients With Chronic Tension-type Headache
Chronic Tension-Type Headache
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Tension-Type Headache focused on measuring chronic tension-type headache, acupuncture, Deqi
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meeting the diagnostic criteria of CTTH in the international classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition (beta version) (ICHD-III beta);
- Aged 18-65 years;
- Having the ability of understanding and completing the headache dairy;
- Volunteering to this study and able to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not suffering tension-type headache during the pervious 3 months;
- Taking any prophylactic headache medication during the previous one month;
- Headache due to organic disorders (e.g. subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral embolism, cerebral thrombosis, vascular malformation, arthritis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis);
- Having serious diseases of the heart, liver, kidney or other organs;
- In pregnancy or lactation, or planning to be pregnant in 6 months;
- In unconsciousness, or having psychosis;
- Having bleeding disorders or getting infectious;
- Unwilling to take parts in this study or with low compliance;
- Addicted to smoking, alcohol or drugs;
- Taking parts in other clinical studies at the same time.
Sites / Locations
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
Acupuncture
Superficial acupuncture
The needles will be inserted into the acupoints and the depths will be adjusted to the standard permissible layers, then even reinforcing-reducing technique will be performed on the needles until achieving deqi sensation.The needles will be retained for 30 minutes in each session and manipulated twice every 10 minutes with intermittent stimulation. Each manipulation will last for 20 seconds.
The selected acupoints will be punctured superficially by the depth of 1-3 mm, and the needles will be retained for 30 minutes without any manipulation.