Diacutaneous Fibrolysis, Effects on Tension Type Headache

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Tension Type Headache (TTH) is a frecuent type of headache disorder (about 1 person in 5 worldwide). Individuals with TTH typically present pericraneal tenderness and an increased cervical muscle tone.

The most common treatment in primary care consists mainly on analgesic medication. However, different techniques of manual therapy have been shown to be effective in the treatment of these patients. Diacutaneous fibrolysis shows clinical benefits in relieving symptoms of tension type headache, but there is no scientific evidence that analyzes this effects.

The hypothesis of this study was that adding treatment with diacutaneous fibrolysis to the usual conservative treatment has beneficial effects on different variables of the headache.

The aim of the study was to assess the effect of diacutaneous fibrolisis on intensity, frequency, duration of headache and cervical function in patients with tension type headache.

A randomized controlled clinical trial has been designed to evaluate the effectiveness of diacutaneous fibrolysis technique compared to usual general practicioner care in patientes with tension type headache.

The study protocol has been approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee from the Aragon Community and all patients provided written consent.

Eighty-two people with clinical diagnosis of TTH were randomized into a intervention group or a control group. Intervention group received three sessions of Diacutaneous Fibrolysis, while control group was advised to maintain their usual pharmacologic treatment. Pain intensity (VAS), frecuency, location, cervical range of motion, head forward position and pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) were measured at baseline, postintervention, and 1 month follow-up after treatment. The Spanish version of the HIT-6 Questionnaire was used to measure disability/function at baseline and follow-up.

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03056131
Study type	Interventional
Source	Universidad de Zaragoza
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	October 2015
Completion date	May 2018

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