COMPARISON OF INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION AND ALGOMETRY PRESSURE RELEASE IN TENSION TYPE HEADACHE

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201901674453376

Enrollment

Registered

2019-01-23

Start date

2019-01-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Diseases

Interventions

INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION

Pressure Algometry Release

Sham Ultrasound Control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)participants had to describe typical pain features of TTH: bilateral location 2)pressing or tightening pain, moderate intensity (=6.5 on a 10 points numerical pain rate scale, NPRS) 3)no aggravation of pain during physical activity. 4) participants should report neither more than one symptom, including photophobia, phonophobia or mild nausea as requested by the ICHD-III criteria

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)other primary or secondary headache including medication overuse headache 2)history of head or neck trauma (i.e., whiplash), cervical herniated disk or cervical osteoarthritis 3)any systemic degenerative disease, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematous; diagnosis of fibromyalgia 4)had received anesthetic blocks the previous 6 months, physical treatment in the neck/head received the previous 6 months 5)pregnancy, hypertension, sinusitis, brain tumors and eye or ear problems 6)Having a diagnosis of cervical adiculopathy of myelopathy; or major depression

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of Headache;HURT (Headache Under-Response to Treatment) questionnaire ;pressure pain threshold	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cervical lordosis;Forward head	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public Contactabd el mohsen moustafa

professor at al azhar university

abdelmohsen1@hotmail.com00201004712186

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026