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Supraorbital electrical stimulation in management of chronic type tension headache: A randomized controlled study.
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Physiotherapy Theory & Practice . Feb2018, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p101-110. 10p. 1 Illustration, 1 Diagram, 6 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background and Purpose: Headache disorders are considered one of the ten most disabling conditions, for both males and females, according to the World Health Organization. Chronic type tension headache (CTTH) has a prevalence of 2–3% within the general population. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of stimulating noninvasively the trigeminal nerve in the supraorbital area (SOES) for treatment of CTTH.Methods: In an 8-week period of intervention, 45 patients were divided equally into three groups. Both group A “study” and group B received conventional physical therapy program three times a week. Group A received additional SOES for 20 minutes daily. Group C was on prescribed medications only. Assessments occurred pre and post intervention using Headache Impact Test (HIT), headache frequency, and visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain.Results: In between groups, comparison showed statistically significant differences between all groups (p < 0.000). Within-group comparisons showed that both groups A and B showed a significant improvement in all measured data. Improvement percent of group A was HIT = 18.4% and VAS = 63.0%, p ≤ 0.0001, and group B was HIT = 12.5% and VAS = 28.2%, p ≤ 0.0002, while group C showed no significant improvement with improvement percent HIIT = 1.2% and VAS = 8.6%, p ≤ 0.5. Patients in groups A and B reported less headache frequencies than group C.Conclusion: SOES had positive therapeutic results for treatment of CTTH. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *TENSION headache
*TRIGEMINAL nerve
*ANALYSIS of variance
*CHRONIC diseases
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*ELECTRIC stimulation
*NONPARAMETRIC statistics
*PHYSICAL therapy
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*STATISTICAL sampling
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*VISUAL analog scale
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*PHYSIOLOGY
*THERAPEUTICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09593985
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physiotherapy Theory & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126636500
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2017.1370751