Effectiveness of neurodynamics techniques and myofascial soft tissues treatment for tension type headache.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headache.; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000698572
• Lead Sponsor: Alejandro Ferragut Garcias

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension type headache diagnosed according to the criteria of the ICHD-II by an experienced neurologist.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who do not fulfill the ICHD-II criteria for frequent episodic or chronic tension type headache will be excluded as well as if other primary or secondary headaches criteria are fulfilled.
There will be excluded those patients who can not undergo manual physiotherapy treatment due to biological, metabolic and psychological causes and those that have ever received physical therapy for headache, in order to avoid subjects-expentancy bias.
Those patients who have taken prophylactic medications for headache two month prior to the beginning of the research will be excluded to avoid masking the effects of treatment protocols.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified