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Treatment of Tension Headache Using Soft Tissue Techniques VS Vagus Stimulation Techniques.

Spain42 participantsStarted 2021-11-01

Plain-language summary

A treatment based on manual therapy and vagus nerve stimulation is more effective than manual therapy only to reduce frequency, intensity and pressure pain threshold in patients with tension type headache.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with episodic or chronic tension type headache Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Patients who have received in the previous 3 months some type of treatment for headache * Recent history of syncope or seizures * Heart / cardiovascular disease * Electrical or neurostimulation devices * History of intracranial / carotid aneurysm or bleeding; brain tumors / lesions; significant head trauma. * Change in prophylactic medication type or dose \<1 month before the intervention

What they're measuring

Change in Pain intensity

Timeframe: Day 1 (before the intervention), Day 28 (after the last intervention), Day 56 (4 weeks after the last intervention).

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05097300

SponsorLucia Trullenque Espallargas

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-12-01

Contact for this trial

LUCIA TRULLENQUE, STUDENT

649389616 fisioterapialuciatrullenque@gmail.com

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