Behavioral treatments of chronic tension-type headache in adults: Are they beneficial?

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-205

  Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Damen, Léonie ^a   Berger, Marjolein Y ^a   Passchier, Jan ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral treatment; EMG biofeedback; Randomized clinical trial; Relaxation; Systematic review; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE DATABASE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RELAXATION THERAPY; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549102945     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2009.00077.x     Document Type: Review

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