Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: a randomized controlled trial
Autor/a
Pérez-Guillén, Silvia
Fanlo Mazas, Pablo
Data de publicació
2023ISSN
1932-6203
Resum
Background: Manual therapy appears to be effective for the relief of tension-type headache (TTH), just as diacutaneous fibrolysis (DF) has shown to be a beneficial technique for the relief of symptoms in other dysfunctions. However, no studies have evaluated the potential beneficial effect of DF in TTH. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of three sessions of DF in patients with TTH. Methods: Randomized controlled trial in 86 subjects (43 intervention/ 43 control group). The headache frequency, the headache intensity, the pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) at trapeziometacarpal joint, upper trapezius, suboccipital, frontal and temporal muscles, parietal sutures and the cervical mobility were measured at baseline, at the end of the third intervention and one-month after the last intervention. Results: Statistically significant differences with p values <0.05 were observed between groups in favor of the intervention group in the one-month follow-up in the following variables: headache frequency, headache intensity, flexion, extension, right and left side-bending, right and left rotation, PPTs in left trapeziometacarpal joint, right suboccipital muscle, right and left temporal muscle, left frontal muscle and right and left parietal. Conclusions: DF provides a beneficial effect in reducing headache frequency, relieving pain, and improving cervical mobility in patients with TTH.
Tipus de document
Article
Versió del document
Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
61 - Medicina
Paraules clau
Efectes de la fibrolisi
Fibrolisi diacutània
Cefalea tensiva
Efectos de la fibrolisis
Fibrolisis diacutánea
Cefalea tensiva
Effects of fibrolysis
Diacutaneous fibrolysis
Tension headache
Pàgines
16
Publicat per
Public Library of Science
Col·lecció
18; 3
Publicat a
PLoS ONE
Citació
Cabanillas-Barea, Sara; Pérez-Guillén, Silvia; López-de-Celis, Carlos [et al.]. Effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with tension-type headache: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 2023, 18(3), e0273877. Disponible en: <https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273877>. Fecha de acceso: 30 mar. 2023. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273877
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