Active clinical trials for "Tension-Type Headache"

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of Kinesio taping on upper trapezius muscle on the reduction of pain and emotional state in the treatment of patients with tension type headache by acting on myofacial mechanoreceptors. Methods: This study was conducted in 71 patients aged 30-45 years with tension type headache diagnosed. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups. While KT and stretching exercises were performed in the study group, only the stretching exercise was performed for the control group. KT was applied 8 times in total for 4 weeks with 2 sessions per week. Stretching exercise was done in the morning, afternoon and evening 3 times every day for 4 weeks and 5 days of the week. After recording the demographic data of all the patients participating in the study, assessed the sensitivity of the right and left upper parts of the trapezius with algometer, pain intensity with visual analog scale (VAS), Beck depression and anxiety scale for emotional status before and after treatment. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

A headache is a more common disorder and one that prevails over a lifetime of much of the population. Among the causes are in the stress and spasms of the pericranial musculature, presence of painful sensitivity in the region, decrease of pain threshold, and a presence of trigger points (PGs) that can also cause as headaches. The solutions for health and health, in addition to Percutaneous Microelectrolysis (MEP®), which is used in the application of low intensity galvanic current through the acupuncture needle. Although it is a very common pathology, it is still little studied and a lack of information is a question of solutions such as crisis of care. This work justifies the negative bones of CTT in university students, as this has repercussions on the quality of life, besides proposing a therapeutic approach to reduce the symptomatology. The present study aims to investigate the effects of myofascial release techniques, MEP® and an association of therapies, observing the impact on quality of life and repercussions on academic performance. This is a controlled clinical trial of a convenience-based approach, consisting of universities between the 1st and 10th Physical Therapy course of Estácio Ponta Negra, over 18 years of age, who are not present in the application of the questionnaires, It is necessary to use the medicine of the analgesic type. The volunteers are evaluated through the HIT-6 and SF-36 questionnaires, after a selection of pain evaluation, PGs and algometry. The randomization will consist of 4 groups, after a consultation and an immediate re-evaluation and a second time and a new intervention and re-evaluation. A descriptive and inferential statistics will be performed through the SPSS 20.0 program. The normality of the data is observed by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test. For a comparison between groups whose parametric data are applied or anova test with post hoc tukey comingue of significance of 5% (p <0.05). It is believed that the use of the association of myofascial release techniques and Percutaneous Microelectronics promotes greater benefits in tension headache.

The researchers will carry out a randomized experimental study. Participants in the experimental group will receive a treatment based on suboccipital inhibition technique in addition to conventional treatment. Participants in the control group will only receive the conventional treatment. The existence of significant differences in both groups will be analyzed.

The aim is to investigate muscle soreness and stiffness in patients with Chronic or Frequent Episodic Tension Type Headache before and after treatment with amitriptyline - and to compare the results with healthy individuals.

Primary study objectives evaluate the short-term effect of yoga intervention in addition to routine care on headache frequency in patients with frequent or chronic tension-type headache compared to routine care alone (waiting group). to evaluate the short-term effect of yoga intervention in addition to routine care on headache frequency in patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache compared with stress management through mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in addition to routine care. Secondary study objectives Evaluation of the medium-term effect of the intervention on headache frequency as well as the short- and medium-term effect on the secondary target parameters in comparison to the waiting group and MBSR. Further evaluation of the safety and acceptability of the intervention.

The purpose of the study is to improve treatment for newly referred patients with migraine and tension-type headache to the Danish Headache Center. All patients will recieve an electronic questionnaire just before the first visit concerning their current and previous history of headache and headache treatment. Half of them will enter a special telephone-intervention (TeII) program with two planned phone-calls after 8 and 16 weeks from first visit. The other half of patients will follow the normal follow-up program. All patients will be seen by a headache specialist after 6 months and will be asked to fill in a follow-up electronic questionnaire.

This PK study is designed to show bioequivalence between the study treatments.

Chronic headache is among the most common neurological disorders with major physical, psychological, social and economic impact. The aim of this prospective observational study isto investigate the effects of an interdisciplinary multimodal integrated care program in patients with chronic migraine and/or tension-type headache. 158 patients with chronic migraine or tensions-type headache at least five days per month for at least 6 months and current intake of triptans (migraine) or analgesic drugs (tension-type headache) are eligible. Patients undergo inpatient, outpatient and/or semi-stationary treatment including conventional headache diagnostics and therapy as well as traditional Chinese medicine, European naturopathy, and mind-body-medicine approaches. Headache frequency is defined as the primary outcome; secondary outcomes include pain (visual analog scale, Pain Perception Scale), triptans and analgesics use (headache diary), health-related quality of life (SF-36), function (Headache Disability Inventory, Patient-specific Functional Scale), depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and pain self-efficacy (Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire). Outcomes are assessed at treatment start, treatment end and 6 months after treatment end.

Headaches are a common medical problem that physicians frequently encounter in their practice. One of key findings of The Atlas of Headache Disorders prepared by World Health Organization (WHO) is: headache disorders, including migraine and tension-type headache (TTH), are among the most prevalent disorders of mankind. The fixed combination of indomethacin, prochlorperazine and caffeine (IndoProCaf) showed efficacy and safety in acute treatment of migraine and episodic tension-type headache attacks. IndoProCaf (Difmetre®) is widely used in common daily practice only in Italy from early 1970s, is available at the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) pharmaceutical market now. There are limited data regarding IndoProCaf usage from post-marketing settings. This will be a first post-marketing observational study which aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and patients' satisfaction of primary headaches acute treatment in routine clinical settings in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Epidemiological studies show a one-year prevalence of 30%-60% for episodic tension-type headache (TTH) and 2%-3% for chronic TTH (CTTH). Many TTH patients seek acupuncture treatment worldwide, and CTTH is one of the most commonly treated. FSN has been used to treat CTTH recently; the curative effect of it was especially good for CTTH accompanying pericranial tenderness. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of acupuncture and FSN for CTTH remains controversial. Several research results showed that symptoms of TTH improve after acupuncture treatment, but these improvements were more subjective than objective measures. So, the aim of this study is to determine the cerebral function efficacy of acupuncture and FSN in the treatment of CTTH, using Headache impact test questionnaire (HIT-6), VAS to evaluate the subjective symptom and fMRI to detect the objective cerebral function changes. Intervention: device: acupuncture; Fu's subcutaneous; placebo sham acupuncture