Effectiveness of the Dry Needling Approach in Patients With Tension-Type Headache

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dry Needling; Tension-Type Headache
• Interventions: Other: Dry Needling

• Registration Number: NCT06108180
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza

Brief Summary

Randomized Single-Blind Clinical Trial in which the treatment will be administered through 3 sessions of dry needling in the cervical, cranial, and facial musculature in patients with frequent and chronic tension-type headache.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-20
• Study Start: 2023-10-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-30
• Primary Completion: 2023-11-17
• Study Completion: 2023-12-05
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with a diagnosis of tension headache according to IHS

Exclusion Criteria

• Documented major trauma through medical history in the cervical area and/or recent surgery.
• Pregnancy.
• Generalized pain.
• Inflammatory, hormonal, or neurological disorders.
• Tendon disorders in the upper extremities.
• Severe psychiatric illnesses.
• Inability to complete the form in Spanish.
• Having a pacemaker (due to the use of equipment with magnetic sensors).
• Specific contraindications to invasive or conservative physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, wounds in the puncture area, metal allergies, cancer, systemic diseases, or belonephobia).
• Having received physiotherapy treatment for the condition in the past month.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dry Needling group	Dry Needling	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Active trigger points	1 month	The investigators assess the sensitivity of trigger points using algometry to determine which points reproduce the participants tensional-type headache.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
cervical ROM	1 month	general cervical range of movement, upper and lower cervical

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro Clínico de Fisioterapia OMT-E; 🇪🇸 Zaragoza, Spain