Tension-type Headache
Conditions
Keywords
headache, elavil, splints, physical therapy, behavioral therapy
Brief summary
The primary aim of the pilot data proposal is to compare usual care (medications) versus multi-disciplinary treatment in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients.
Detailed description
The primary aim of the pilot data proposal is to compare usual care (medications) versus multi-disciplinary treatment in TMD patients with episodic or chronic tension-type headache (TTH) with pericranial tenderness involving the temporalis muscle at reducing the intensity of TTH pain at 1 and 6 months. The hypothesis is that a team approach will reduce the intensity of headache more than usual care in this group of patients.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBehavioral therapy, splint therapy and physical therapy
Includes patient education, use of a mouth guard, jaw muscle exercises and brief cognitive-behavioral intervention.
DRUGStandard care using current drugs
Standard Drug therapy
Sponsors
University of Minnesota
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Fifty consecutive subjects (Age 18 to 65) will be included when they fulfill the diagnostic criteria for episodic or chronic TTH with pericranial muscle tenderness3 and TMD including myofascial pain involving the temporalis muscle -
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from baseline of headache intensity of pain using pain scale of 1-10 | 3 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed