Study objectives: Comparison of efficacy of Myofascial release and positional release therapy in tension type headache. Design: Comparative study. Setting: All the subjects were included from various clinics, hospitals and community in dehradun. Method: Total of 28 subjects was recruited for study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria after signing the informed consent form. Subjects...

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...

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...

BACKGROUND The brain and gastrointestinal (GI) tract are strongly connected via neural, endocrine, and immune pathways. Previous studies suggest that headaches, especially migraines, may be associated with various GI disorders. However, upper GI endoscopy in migraineurs has shown a low prevalence of abnormal findings. Also, the majority of studies have not demonstrated an association between He...

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...

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...

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...

The purpose of this study was to carry out a program of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) based on the pain sustainment/exacerbation model for tension-type headache (TTH) patients and to examine the effectiveness as a pilot study. The participants were 4 TTH patients who consulted the outpatient clinic of a university hospital. It consisted of 4 individualized sessions as CBT program (includin...

Primary headache disorders such as migraine affect almost a third of women during their childbearing years, when decisions about contraception must be made. Headache is also a commonly reported adverse event in clinical trials of oral contraceptives (OCs). Health care practitioners will frequently be called upon to give advice about the use of OCs to women with headache. This article applies cu...

BACKGROUND This study is to investigate the effect of Body Awareness Therapy (BAT) and Aerobic Exercises on pain and quality of life in patients with Tension-Type Headache (TTH). MATERIALS AND METHOD Sixty individuals with TTH diagnosis who referred Neurologist were incorporated into study. The individuals were randomly grouped into 3 as BAT (n=20), aerobic exercise (n=20) and control group (...