Effectiveness of the Dry Needling Approach in Patients With Tension-Type Headache

NCT ID: NCT06108180

Last Updated: 2024-05-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-23

Study Completion Date

2023-12-05

Brief Summary

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Randomized Single-Blind Clinical Trial in which the treatment will be administered through 3 sessions of dry needling in the cervical, cranial, and facial musculature in patients with frequent and chronic tension-type headache.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tension-Type Headache Dry Needling

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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Dry Needling group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dry Needling

Intervention Type OTHER

3 treatment to eliminate active trigger points that patients have

Control group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dry Needling

3 treatment to eliminate active trigger points that patients have

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with a diagnosis of tension headache according to IHS

Exclusion Criteria

* Documented major trauma through medical history in the cervical area and/or recent surgery.
* Pregnancy.
* Generalized pain.
* Inflammatory, hormonal, or neurological disorders.
* Tendon disorders in the upper extremities.
* Severe psychiatric illnesses.
* Inability to complete the form in Spanish.
* Having a pacemaker (due to the use of equipment with magnetic sensors).
* Specific contraindications to invasive or conservative physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, wounds in the puncture area, metal allergies, cancer, systemic diseases, or belonephobia).
* Having received physiotherapy treatment for the condition in the past month.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universidad de Zaragoza

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sofía Monti Ballano

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Centro Clínico de Fisioterapia OMT-E

Zaragoza, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Ferrante T, Manzoni GC, Russo M, Camarda C, Taga A, Veronesi L, Pasquarella C, Sansebastiano G, Torelli P. Prevalence of tension-type headache in adult general population: the PACE study and review of the literature. Neurol Sci. 2013 May;34 Suppl 1:S137-8. doi: 10.1007/s10072-013-1370-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23695063 (View on PubMed)

Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C, Ge HY, Arendt-Nielsen L, Cuadrado ML, Pareja JA. The local and referred pain from myofascial trigger points in the temporalis muscle contributes to pain profile in chronic tension-type headache. Clin J Pain. 2007 Nov-Dec;23(9):786-92. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318153496a.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18075406 (View on PubMed)

Cerezo-Tellez E, Torres-Lacomba M, Fuentes-Gallardo I, Perez-Munoz M, Mayoral-Del-Moral O, Lluch-Girbes E, Prieto-Valiente L, Falla D. Effectiveness of dry needling for chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized, single-blinded, clinical trial. Pain. 2016 Sep;157(9):1905-1917. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000591.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27537209 (View on PubMed)

Stephens LR, Humphrey JD, Little PB, Barnum DA. Morphological, biochemical, antigenic, and cytochemical relationships among Haemophilus somnus, Haemophilus agni, Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus, Histophilus ovis, and Actinobacillus seminis. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 May;17(5):728-37. doi: 10.1128/jcm.17.5.728-737.1983.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 6408118 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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RAT 2023-195

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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