None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of temporalis myofascial trigger point treatment in patients with episodic tension-type headache. We hypothesize that the intervention groups will have a greater range of motion and greater tolerance to pressure after the experimental period. Two groups of 15 patients will be created: interventions and control groups. Interventions will last 3 weeks (1 intervention/week) and will consists on the myofaccial treatment of temporalis trigger points by a physiotherapist. Control groups will receive a placebo treatment. Before and after treatment the following outcomes will be measured: algometry in different muscle trigger points (TP): Temporal (4 TP), Masseter (3 TP), Digastric (2 TP), Masseter (3 TP), Trapezius (2 TP), Trapezius (2 TP), Levator scapulae (1 TP), Head semispinosus (2TP), sternocleidomastoid (2TP) and obliquus capitis superior (2TP); range of movement of neck muscles: neck flexion, extension, left rotation, right rotation, left inclination and right inclination; range of movement of TMJ: mouth opening, mouth maximum opening, protraction, left lateralization and right lateralization; SF36 (Health questionnaire); and Check Oral Behavioral List.
Interventions
We have many patients with tension-type headache. We are studying the relationship between the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) an the episodic tension-type headache. We have the approval of an ethics committee to apply myofascial therapy in our experimental group and a sham therapy in our control group. Patients would be blind to treatment, as well as evaluators. The intervention will last 3 weeks (20 minute per session, one session per week). Treatment consists on pressuring the four myofascial t
We have many patients with tension-type headache. We are studying the relationship between the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) an the episodic tension-type headache. We have the approval of an ethics committee to apply myofascial therapy in our experimental group and a sham therapy in our control group. Patients would be blind to treatment, as well as evaluators. The intervention will last 3 weeks (20 minute per session, one session per week). Treatment consists on pressuring the four myofascial trigger point of the temporalis muscle using an algometer. The same physiotherapist will treat all patients in a physiotherapy clinic. So our independent variables are group and time. Our dependent variables are: algometry in different trigger points, range of movement of neck muscles and TMJ, the SF36 (Health questionnaire), and Check Oral Behavioral List.
Sponsors
Ada M. González-González
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
People with episodic tension-type headache
Exclusion criteria
Pathologies with contraindication to manual therapy
Outcome results
None listed