Association of massage and surface heat treatment on tension-type headache
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Tension-Type Headache, Headache.
- Registration Number
- RBR-4n73hw
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdades Integradas Einstein de Limeira
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
subjects with muscular origin of headaches (tension-type headache); existence of myofascial trigger points.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects with migraine diagnosis; face trauma; systemic rheumatological and oncological diseases; sinusitis; rhinitis; as well as patients in orthodontic treatment; illiterate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain reduced after quatro weeks of treatment, verify by visual analogic scale, Mcguill pain questionnaire and pain diary, with statistic analysis of data before and after treatment period.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of quality of life, sleep and self-medication after 4 weeks of treatment, verify by SF-36, Pittsburgh sleep questionnaire and pain diary with statistic analysis of data before and after treatment period.