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

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Tension-type Headache

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01244555

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

69

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 59. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 2 or more tension-type headache episodes per week
• Headache episodes of 2 hours or longer
• Experiencing tension-type headache for 6 months or longer

You may not qualify if…

• Migraine >1/month
• Presence of alternate forms of headache (e.g. cluster headache, medication-induced headache, headache caused by injury)
• The diagnosis of fibromyalgia, major depression, other neurological or cardiovascular disease
• Pregnancy
• Prior massage or ultrasound treatment for headaches

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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