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Muscle Treatment for Management of Pain & Disability in Tension-type Headache

NCT01244555 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2015-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of treatments (massage therapy or ultrasound) directed at skeletal muscle for alleviating pain associated wtih tension headache.

Conditions

  • Tension-type Headache

Interventions

OTHER

ultrasound

Twice weekly ultrasound sessions for 6 weeks

OTHER

massage

Twice weekly massage sessions for 6 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Albert Moraska, PhD · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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