Effects of Exercise and Relaxation Techniques on Tension Headache Pain Parameters of University Students

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

152 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-03-31

Brief Summary

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Tension headache is a common disabling disease and a worldwide public health problem. This research tries to demonstrate the efficacy of physical therapy, based on cervical training and postural self-correction instructions, which aims to increase the positive results obtained from traditional relaxation techniques (Schultz Autogenic Training). University students are selected, because headaches are very common in this sector of the population. The design is a non-pharmacological randomized controlled trial, with blinded evaluation of the response variables. The investigators compare two independent samples. One of them receives an only treatment (Autogenic Training) and the other group receives a combined program (Autogenic Training + specific cervical exercises and postural correction). Pain parameters (frequency, intensity and duration) and drug consumption are measured before treatment, and then, at 4 weeks and 3 months, to value the results.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tension-Type Headache

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control

Relaxation technique

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Relaxation technique Autogenic Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Autogenic Training

Experimental

Combined treatment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Combined treatment Autogenic Training + Cervical exercises and postural correction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Autogenic Training + Cervical exercises and postural correction

Interventions

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Relaxation technique Autogenic Training

Autogenic Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Combined treatment Autogenic Training + Cervical exercises and postural correction

Autogenic Training + Cervical exercises and postural correction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* College students of Complutense University of Madrid, diagnosed with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache (according to the criteria of International Headache Society (IHS)).

Exclusion Criteria

* Cases with other headaches
* Students with excessive state anxiety and / or trait anxiety (≥ 85 percentile, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory )
* Students that had received treatment for tension headache, based on physical exercise or relaxation techniques, in the last 6 months.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No