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Does Relaxation Treatment Have Differential Effects on Migraine and Tension‐type Headache in Adolescents?
Author(s) -
Fichtel Åsa,
Larsson Bo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006290.x
Subject(s) - migraine , relaxation (psychology) , tension headache , anesthesia , medicine , physical therapy , migraine disorders , differential effects , pediatrics
The present study evaluated the effects of relaxation treatment in 36 adolescents aged 13 to 18 years (mean ± SD, 15.4 ± 1.55 years) suffering from migraine or migraine and tension‐type headache as compared with a waiting‐list condition group. The subjects rated various characteristics of migraine and tension‐type headache in a diary. Significant reductions were found for total headache sum ( P < .05) and intensity scores of total headache activity ( P < .05) as well as for migraine intensity ( P < .05) for subjects treated with relaxation as compared with those in the waiting‐list condition group. However, no significant differences between the two groups were found for tension‐type headache. Fifty percent of the adolescents treated with relaxation training attained a clinically significant improvement, compared with 12% of those in the waiting‐list condition. It is suggested that treatment goals for migraine and migraine occurring with tension‐type headache might be different and that relaxation training also might benefit from focusing on specific aspects of the two headache types.