Tension Type Headache, Myofascial Release Therapy , Post Isometric Relaxation Technique

NCT ID: NCT05686811

Last Updated: 2023-01-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 72 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-10-26
• Study Completion Date: 2022-07-28

Brief Summary

COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF MYOFASCIAL RELEASE THERAPY AND POST ISOMETRIC RELAXATION TECHNIQUE ON PAIN AND FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE

Detailed Description

Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type of primary headache, typically presenting as a bilateral, non-throbbing headache with mild to moderate intensity. Patients with tension-type headache often report band-like tightness and increased tenderness of the pericranial muscles. Use of myofascial release technique and post isometric relaxation technique is believed to reduce the pain and improve the functional disability.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Myofascial release therapy

This group will receive routine physical therapy with myofascial release therapy.This protocol will be given for 3 alternative days per week. Each session will be of 40 minutes. Data will be calculated at baseline , at 2nd and at 4th week.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Myofascial release therapy therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Group A was treated with myofascial release therapy and routine physical therapy. For routine physical therapy subjects will first applied TENS, hot pack and neck isometric exercises then myofascial release therapy will be given. For myofascial release therapy subjects was in the supine or possibly sitting position, the examiner was seated at the head of the table, the examiner was used his right thumb to palpate (using flat palpation) the upper trapezius muscles from medial to lateral to establish if any MTrPs are present. The entire mass of the upper trapezius muscle is lifted by the supraspinatus muscle and grasped with a pincer grasp. The muscles at this point rotate between the thumb and forefinger to detect the delicate location of the trigger point. Treatment session longs for 10 minutes of myofascial release on each side

post isometric relaxation technique

This group will receive routine physical therapy with post isometric relaxation technique.This protocol will be given for 3 alternative days per week. Each session will be of 40 minutes. Data will be calculated at baseline , at 2nd and at 4th week.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Post isometric relaxation technique

Intervention Type: OTHER

This group will receive routine physical therapy with myofascial release therapy.This protocol will be given for 3 alternative days per week. Each session will be of 40 minutes. Data will be calculated at baseline , at 2nd and at 4th week.

Interventions

Myofascial release therapy therapy

Group A was treated with myofascial release therapy and routine physical therapy. For routine physical therapy subjects will first applied TENS, hot pack and neck isometric exercises then myofascial release therapy will be given. For myofascial release therapy subjects was in the supine or possibly sitting position, the examiner was seated at the head of the table, the examiner was used his right thumb to palpate (using flat palpation) the upper trapezius muscles from medial to lateral to establish if any MTrPs are present. The entire mass of the upper trapezius muscle is lifted by the supraspinatus muscle and grasped with a pincer grasp. The muscles at this point rotate between the thumb and forefinger to detect the delicate location of the trigger point. Treatment session longs for 10 minutes of myofascial release on each side

Intervention Type: OTHER

Post isometric relaxation technique

This group will receive routine physical therapy with myofascial release therapy.This protocol will be given for 3 alternative days per week. Each session will be of 40 minutes. Data will be calculated at baseline , at 2nd and at 4th week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• • Age range 25-45years14

• Both male and females
• Suffer from tension type headache more than three months
• Head pain on bilateral location
• may suffer from photophobia, phonophobia
• Pericranial tiredness
• not getting enough exercise or sleep

Exclusion Criteria

• • History of teeth clenching or grinding

• Cardiovascular disease
• Pregnancy
• arthritis in the neck
• being overweight

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Lahore

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Abdul Mateen, MS(msk)

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Lahore

Locations

Abdul Mateen

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

REC-UOL-/226-09/2022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id