Yoga Nasal Irrigation in the Treatment of Chronic Tension Type Headache

Yoga Nasal Irrigation in the Treatment of Chronic Tension Type Headache: Randomised Waitlist Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04113512

Enrollment

Registered

2019-10-02

Start date

2019-03-15

Completion date

2019-07-26

Last updated

2019-10-02

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Conditions

Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Brief summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of Yoga Nasal Irrigation (Jalaneti) on patients with chronic tension-type headache reducing pain and disability.

Interventions

OTHERJalaneti

Sterilised and lukewarm isotonic salt water using neti pot was poured into one nostril, so that it leaves through the other. The procedure is then repeated on the other side, and the nose is dried by bending forward and by rapid yoga breathing

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Meeting the diagnostic criteria of chronic tension type headache as per International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version) (ICHD-3 beta criteria) * Aged 18-60 years; * Ability of understand and completing the headache dairy; * Volunteering to the study * Provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Not having tension-type headache during the pervious 3 months or having less than 8 episode of tension type headache in serious month. * Taking any prophylactic headache medication or complementary and alternative medicine in last 3 month; * Secondary Headaches * In pregnancy, lactation, or planning to be pregnant in 6 months * Having nose bleeding disorders or recurrent infections; * Psychiatric diagnosis or medication history

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Headache Frequency	Change from baseline to 6 weeks	Number of days with headache was assessed using headache diary

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Headache severity	Change from baseline to 6 weeks	Mean pain intensity of tension-type headache measured using Visual Analogue Scale from 0-10, 0 defined as no pain and 10 defined as an unbearable pain
Duration of Headache	Change from baseline to 6 weeks	Duration of each headache attack (hours per day)
Headache disability	Change from baseline to 6 weeks	Disability caused by headache was measure using Headache Impact Test (HIT-6).

Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026