Yoga Therapy for Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Tension-Type Headache
• Interventions: Other: Yoga Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT03862638
• Lead Sponsor: NMP Medical Research Institute

Brief Summary

Chronic tension headache represents a considerable social burden in terms of both costs to the health services and also the costs of lost productivity. Episodic tension-type headache can be treated with rest and analgesics, while chronic tension-type headache demands a more fundamental treatment.

Effectiveness of yoga therapy in the management of chronic tension type headache is limited. In this study, yoga therapy was used to explore its effect on chronic tension-type headache.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-04-10
• Primary Completion: 2012-12-12
• Study Completion: 2013-01-15
• Study First Submitted: 2019-02-28
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-02
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-05
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Meeting the diagnostic criteria of CTTH in the international classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition (beta version) (ICHD-III beta);
• Aged 18-55 years;
• Having the ability of understanding and completing the headache dairy;
• Provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• No headache during the pervious 3 months;
• Taking any prophylactic medication during the previous one month;
• Secondary headache or any systematic cause
• Having serious conditions of the heart, liver, kidney or other organs;
• In pregnancy or lactation, or planning to be pregnant in 6 months;
• Drug and Substance abuse
• Diagnosed psychiatric condition
• Taking any other complementary and alternative medicines
• Practicing yoga of any kind in last three months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Yoga Therapy	Yoga Therapy	Yoga therapy session lasted for 60 minutes consisting physical posture, Breath work, Relaxation, guided meditation, chants and combination techniques for groups sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The number of days with headache	Change from baseline to 12-week of intervention	Number of days with headache every four weeks were assessed through headache diaries

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The medication intake	Change from baseline to 12 week of intervention	Medication score per month were recorded through headache diaries
Intensity of Pan	Change from baseline to12 week of intervention	Each headache intensity was measure through 0-10 scale; 0 was no pain and 10 was worst pain
Duration of Pain	Change from baseline to12 week of intervention	Duration of each headache was measured through headache diaries

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NMP Medical Research Institue; 🇮🇳 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India