Diacutaneous Fibrolysis, Effects on Tension Type Headache
- Conditions
- Tension-Type Headache
- Interventions
- Device: Diacutaneous Fibrolysis
- Registration Number
- NCT03056131
- Lead Sponsor
- Sara Cabanillas Barea
- Brief Summary
Tension Type Headache (TTH) is a frecuent type of headache disorder (about 1 person in 5 worldwide). Individuals with TTH typically present pericraneal tenderness and an increased cervical muscle tone.
The most common treatment in primary care consists mainly on analgesic medication. However, different techniques of manual therapy have been shown to be effective in the treatment of these patients. Diacutaneous fibrolysis shows clinical benefits in relieving symptoms of tension type headache, but there is no scientific evidence that analyzes this effects.
The hypothesis of this study was that adding treatment with diacutaneous fibrolysis to the usual conservative treatment has beneficial effects on different variables of the headache.
The aim of the study was to assess the effect of diacutaneous fibrolisis on intensity, frequency, duration of headache and cervical function in patients with tension type headache.
A randomized controlled clinical trial has been designed to evaluate the effectiveness of diacutaneous fibrolysis technique compared to usual general practicioner care in patientes with tension type headache.
The study protocol has been approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee from the Aragon Community and all patients provided written consent.
Eighty-two people with clinical diagnosis of TTH were randomized into a intervention group or a control group. Intervention group received three sessions of Diacutaneous Fibrolysis, while control group was advised to maintain their usual pharmacologic treatment. Pain intensity (VAS), frecuency, location, cervical range of motion, head forward position and pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) were measured at baseline, postintervention, and 1 month follow-up after treatment. The Spanish version of the HIT-6 Questionnaire was used to measure disability/function at baseline and follow-up.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 82
- Diagnosis of Tension-Type Headache according to the criteria of ICDH-III.
- Currently undergoing physiotherapy treatment for headache
- Modification of pharmacological treatment in the last month
- Presence of red flags
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Diacutaneous Fibrolysis Treatment Diacutaneous Fibrolysis -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Pain Intensity 10 days Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dissability 1 month HIT-6 Questionnaire
Change in Pain Frequency 10 days Pericraneal tenderness 10 days Manual assessment
Cervical Range of motion 10 days Cervical Range of Motion (CROM)
Pressure Pain Threshold 10 days Pressure algometry