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Trigger Point Massage in Chronic Tension Headache

NCT04232046 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2020-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with IHS criteria of chronic tension headache , considering inclusion and exclusion criteria, enrolled to this study. They will be randomized to intervention or control group by block randomization method, then treat by standard drug( nortriptyline 10 mg daily) or trigger point massage.

They report severity, frequency, duration of headaches and number of analgesic drugs in diary during week 1 and week 4. Then data based on dairy will be analysis.

Conditions

  • Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

OTHER

Massage

Massage the trigger points in 8 different points for 1 min in circle direction and 3 times a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-15
Primary Completion
2019-03-15
Completion
2019-03-15

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