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Health Status in Patients with Tension Headache Treated with Acupuncture or Physiotherapy
Author(s) -
Carlsson Jane,
Augustinsson LarsErik,
Blomstrand Christian,
Sullivan Marianne
Publication year - 1990
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 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3009593.x
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , acupuncture , mood , tension headache , intensity (physics) , population , migraine , anesthesia , psychiatry , alternative medicine , physics , environmental health , pathology , quantum mechanics
SYNOPSIS Sixty‐two female patients with chronic tension headache were randomly divided into two treatment groups ‐ acupuncture and physiotherapy. Their overall function (Sickness Impact Profile), and mental well‐being (Mood Adjective Check List) and the intensity and frequency of headache were assessed before and after treatment. Before treatment the patients showed significantly more dysfunction and less positive mental well‐being than a general population sample. Both treatment groups improved in overall function, the physiotherapy group somewhat more, The mental well‐being increased only in the physiotherapy group. The intensity and frequency of headache was significantly reduced in both the physiotherapy group and the acupuncture group. The intensity of headache was significantly more improved in the physiotherapy group. The improvement of headache intensity persisted unchanged 7–12 months after treatment.