To investigate the differences in the presence of trigger points (TrPs) and their association with headache-related disability and mood disorders in people with frequent episodic tension-type headache (TTH) (FETTH) and chronic TTH (CTTH). One hundred twenty-two individuals with TTH participated. Clinical features of headache (i.e., intensity, duration, and frequency) were recorded on a headache...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the effects of osteopathic treatment and progressive muscular relaxation (PMR) exercises on patients with tension-type headache (TTH). BACKGROUND Relaxation is generally accepted as a treatment for TTH. Osteopathy is considered by some practitioners to be useful for headache management but there is limited scientific evidence regarding the ...

Objectives: The objectives of the study were: (i) To assess the frequency of different chronic daily headaches in patients using ICHD-2 criteria (ii) To find out the frequency and type of medication overuse and psychiatric morbidity in chronic daily headache subjects. Design: Cross sectional observational study. Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in the psychiatry outpatient d...

Introduction Migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are chronic diseases associated with significant socioeconomic losses social psychological impact (current global prevalence: 10% 38%, respectively). Thus, they require accurate identification classification. In clinical practice, validated screening tools able to quickly determine migraine TTH high sensitivity specificity help provide an ob...

Abstract Objective Dry needling is a treatment technique used by clinicians to relieve symptoms in patients with tension-type headache (TTH), cervicogenic (CGH), or migraine. This systematic review’s main objective was assess the effectiveness of dry on pain intensity and related disability TTH, CGH, Methods Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Embase, PEDro, Web Science, Ovid, Allied Complementary Medicine...

Several studies focused on the role of vitamin D (vitD) in pain chronification. This study vitD level and chronification extension headache disorders. Eighty patients with primary underwent neurological examination, laboratory exams, including serum calcifediol 25(OH)D, features assessment along three questionnaires investigating depression, anxiety, allodynia. The 86.8% population had migraine...

PURPOSE This study aimed to determine the effects of heat acclimatization on performance and pacing during outdoor cycling time trials (TT, 43.4 km) in the heat. METHODS Nine cyclists performed three TT in hot ambient conditions (TTH, approximately 37°C) on the first (TTH-1), sixth (TTH-2), and 14th (TTH-3) days of training in the heat. Data were compared with the average of two TT in cool co...

Recent position statements and guidelines have raised the distinction between a true and false, age-related hypogonadism (HG) or late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). The former is the consequence of congenital or acquired "organic" damage of the brain centers or of the testis. The latter is mainly secondary to age-related comorbidities and does not require testosterone (T) therapy (TTh). In addition,...