Complementary and alternative approaches to the treatment of tension-type headache

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 539-544

  Sun Edelstein, Christina ^a   Mauskop, Alexander ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c New York Headache Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative treatment; Biofeedback; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Complementary treatment; Nonpharmacologic treatment; Nutraceuticals; Physical treatment; Psychological treatment; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WORKPLACE;

ACUPUNCTURE; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION THERAPY; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 84870543666     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-012-0295-6     Document Type: Article

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