OBJECTIVE Benzodiazepines are commonly used for the treatment of tension-type headache (TTH), however, there are few randomized controlled trials recommending the use of these drugs in Japan. This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of etizolam, a thienodiazepine derivative, in combination with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) as an acute treatment for TTH. METHODS The...

BACKGROUND Patients suffering from migraine or tension-type headache (TTH) often treat their complaints with over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Fixed dose combinations of acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol and caffeine (APC) are among the most commonly used analgesics, and their efficacy for treating acute headache pain has been well demonstrated. This investigation was run to better characteri...

OBJECTIVE Determine relative frequency of recurrent headache (HA) types in children and adolescents referred to a pediatric neurologist. METHODS AND SUBJECTS STUDY DESIGN Prospective, sequential, and observational. SETTING Private practice Pediatric Neurology Clinic in a Canadian city (Winnipeg). Patients and data collection: Information on those referred with HA between September 1998 a...

Objective: Migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are the most common primary headaches. It was aimed to obtain information about pathophysiology of these headaches by performing visual evoked potentials (VEPs) patients with migraine TTH. Material Methods: Healthy individuals, episodic migraine, TTH were included in this prospective study. Pattern reversal flash VEPs performed all participant...

conclusions this biobehavioral-based multimodal physical rehabilitation treatment combining mt, tpe and mcte produced a substantial reduction in pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, disability and the impact of headaches on patient’s life. case presentation a 34-year-old woman was known to have chronic tth. initially, the patient presented moderate headaches 5 days per week, mechanical neck pa...

BACKGROUND Tension-type headache (TTH) is a disease with a great incidence on quality of life and with a significant socioeconomic impact. OBJECTIVES The aim of this review is to determine the effectiveness of physical therapy by using manual therapy (MT) for the relief of TTH. DATA SOURCES A review was done identifying randomized controlled trials through searches in MEDLINE, PEDro, Cochra...

We performed a long-term follow-up examination in children and adolescents with migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) in order to investigate the evolution of clinical features and headache diagnoses, to compare International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-I and ICHD-II criteria and to identify prognostic factors. We re-examined 227 patients (52.4% female, age 17.6 +/- 3.1 years...

Although tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common primary in world, much fewer studies on its pathophysiology have been carried out comparison to other headaches. Inflammatory processes are important of both peripheral and central pain. Studies role inflammatory markers TTH patients limited. Therefore, this study, it was aimed examine parameters TTH. 199 154 control participants were invo...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the prevalence of primary and secondary headache in clinics in Japan. The aim of this study is to characterize patients with headache in an outpatient unit where primary care physicians are working in Japan. METHODS Consecutive outpatients who newly visited the Department of General Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan between April 2...

BACKGROUND The existence of a pathophysiological link between headaches and muscle activity pattern is still being debated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pain on the timing pattern of the masseter muscle in patients with tension-type headache (TTH) and migraine without aura (MOA). METHODS 57 women (22 controls, 19 MOA and 16 TTH) participated in the study. The ele...