Yoga and MBSR for TTH

NCT04867967 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-04-04

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Summary

Primary study objectives

1. evaluate the short-term effect of yoga intervention in addition to routine care on headache frequency in patients with frequent or chronic tension-type headache compared to routine care alone (waiting group).
2. to evaluate the short-term effect of yoga intervention in addition to routine care on headache frequency in patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache compared with stress management through mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in addition to routine care.

Secondary study objectives

Evaluation of the medium-term effect of the intervention on headache frequency as well as the short- and medium-term effect on the secondary target parameters in comparison to the waiting group and MBSR. Further evaluation of the safety and acceptability of the intervention.

Conditions

  • Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Iyengar Yoga

Classical Iyengar Yoga intervention, especially designed for headache patients. Note: First administered face-to-face, due to Covid-restrictions changed to online classes

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Standardazied Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention Note: First administered face-to-face, due to Covid-restrictions changed to online classes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eden Stiftung

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Universität Duisburg-Essen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gustav Dobos, MD · University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-01
Primary Completion
2021-08-30
Completion
2021-12-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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