Chronic tension headache represents a considerable social burden in terms of both costs to the health services and also the costs of lost productivity. Episodic tension-type headache can be treated with rest and analgesics, while chronic tension-type headache demands a more fundamental treatment. Effectiveness of yoga therapy in the management of chronic tension type headache is limited. In this study, yoga therapy was used to explore its effect on chronic tension-type headache.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
68
Yoga therapy is therapeutic application of yoga, specifically designed to treat the condition using physical posture, breathing exercises, guided relaxation and meditation.
NMP Medical Research Institue
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
The number of days with headache
Number of days with headache every four weeks were assessed through headache diaries
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-week of intervention
The medication intake
Medication score per month were recorded through headache diaries
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 week of intervention
Intensity of Pan
Each headache intensity was measure through 0-10 scale; 0 was no pain and 10 was worst pain
Time frame: Change from baseline to12 week of intervention
Duration of Pain
Duration of each headache was measured through headache diaries
Time frame: Change from baseline to12 week of intervention
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