Can acupuncture, exercise training or a combination of the two reduce tension-type headaches compared with standard drug treatment?

Recruiting

• Conditions: Tension-type headache; Nervous System Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN17814597
• Lead Sponsor: Xiyuan Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019
• Study Completion: 2019-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

1. Frequent or chronic tension headache, in which the number of days of tension-type headaches is at least 5 per month and the severity of the headache is more than 4 out of 10 on a visual analog scale (VAS)
2. Aged 18-65 years
3. Has signed the informed consent letter

Exclusion Criteria

1. Other subtypes of tension-type headache, migraine, cluster headache and other causes of headache
2. Headache caused by systemic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, acute infectious diseases, blood diseases, endocrine metabolic diseases, allergies, poisoning, etc
3. Headache caused by facial problems, such as glaucoma, otitis media, sinusitis, wisdom teeth, and other diseases
4. Headache caused by intracranial organic lesions, such as intracranial infection, brain tumor, subarachnoid hemorrhage, etc
5. Blood pressure control not ideal
6. Severe anxiety or severe depression
7. Serious hypertension or serious heart, liver or kidney disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified