Effects of thai traditional massage on pressure pain threshold and headache intensity in patients with chronic tension-type and migraine headaches

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 486-492

  Chatchawan, Uraiwan ^a   Eungpinichpong, Wichai ^a   Sooktho, Suparat ^a   Tiamkao, Somsak ^a   Yamauchi, Junichiro ^b,c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institution for Future Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MIGRAINE; NECK; NEUROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; THAI TRADITIONAL MASSAGE; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902244344     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0176     Document Type: Article

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