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

University of Zaragoza

Status

Completed

Conditions

Tension-Type Headache

Dry Needling

Treatments

Other: Dry Needling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06108180

RAT 2023-195

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

32 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.