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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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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.
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