Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial.
<h4>Background</h4>Manual therapy appears to be effective for the relief of tension-type headache (TTH), just as diacutaneous fibrolysis (DF) has shown to be a beneficial technique for the relief of symptoms in other dysfunctions. However, no studies have evaluated the potential benefici...
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| author | Sara Cabanillas-Barea Silvia Pérez-Guillén Carlos López-de-Celis Jacobo Rodríguez-Sanz Pablo Fanlo-Mazas Andoni Carrasco-Uribarren |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Manual therapy appears to be effective for the relief of tension-type headache (TTH), just as diacutaneous fibrolysis (DF) has shown to be a beneficial technique for the relief of symptoms in other dysfunctions. However, no studies have evaluated the potential beneficial effect of DF in TTH. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of three sessions of DF in patients with TTH.<h4>Methods</h4>Randomized controlled trial in 86 subjects (43 intervention/ 43 control group). The headache frequency, the headache intensity, the pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) at trapeziometacarpal joint, upper trapezius, suboccipital, frontal and temporal muscles, parietal sutures and the cervical mobility were measured at baseline, at the end of the third intervention and one-month after the last intervention.<h4>Results</h4>Statistically significant differences with p values <0.05 were observed between groups in favor of the intervention group in the one-month follow-up in the following variables: headache frequency, headache intensity, flexion, extension, right and left side-bending, right and left rotation, PPTs in left trapeziometacarpal joint, right suboccipital muscle, right and left temporal muscle, left frontal muscle and right and left parietal.<h4>Conclusions</h4>DF provides a beneficial effect in reducing headache frequency, relieving pain, and improving cervical mobility in patients with TTH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23e77a2ee1dd42d0a4330140db8cbad22023-04-12T05:32:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01183e027387710.1371/journal.pone.0273877Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial.Sara Cabanillas-BareaSilvia Pérez-GuillénCarlos López-de-CelisJacobo Rodríguez-SanzPablo Fanlo-MazasAndoni Carrasco-Uribarren<h4>Background</h4>Manual therapy appears to be effective for the relief of tension-type headache (TTH), just as diacutaneous fibrolysis (DF) has shown to be a beneficial technique for the relief of symptoms in other dysfunctions. However, no studies have evaluated the potential beneficial effect of DF in TTH. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of three sessions of DF in patients with TTH.<h4>Methods</h4>Randomized controlled trial in 86 subjects (43 intervention/ 43 control group). The headache frequency, the headache intensity, the pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) at trapeziometacarpal joint, upper trapezius, suboccipital, frontal and temporal muscles, parietal sutures and the cervical mobility were measured at baseline, at the end of the third intervention and one-month after the last intervention.<h4>Results</h4>Statistically significant differences with p values <0.05 were observed between groups in favor of the intervention group in the one-month follow-up in the following variables: headache frequency, headache intensity, flexion, extension, right and left side-bending, right and left rotation, PPTs in left trapeziometacarpal joint, right suboccipital muscle, right and left temporal muscle, left frontal muscle and right and left parietal.<h4>Conclusions</h4>DF provides a beneficial effect in reducing headache frequency, relieving pain, and improving cervical mobility in patients with TTH.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273877 |
| spellingShingle | Sara Cabanillas-Barea Silvia Pérez-Guillén Carlos López-de-Celis Jacobo Rodríguez-Sanz Pablo Fanlo-Mazas Andoni Carrasco-Uribarren Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial. |
| title_full | Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial. |
| title_fullStr | Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial. |
| title_short | Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: A randomized controlled trial. |
| title_sort | effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension type headache a randomized controlled trial |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273877 |
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