Effectiveness of manual therapy for chronic tension-type headache: A pragmatic, randomised, clinical trial

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-143

  Castien, René F ^a,b   Van Der Windt, Daniëlle A W M ^b,c   Grooten, Anneke ^a   Dekker, Joost ^b  

^a Healthcare Centre Haarlemmermeer   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic tension type headache; Manual therapy; RCT; usual care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79751476256     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102410377362     Document Type: Article

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