ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2015
Update of chronic tension-type headache.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy of physiotherapy approaches in chronic tension-type headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of psychological treatment for headache disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2019Pooled it
- The Effect of Hamstring Relaxation Program on Headache, Pressure Pain Threshold, and Range of Motion in Patients with Tension Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- A randomized trial of trigger point dry needling versus sham needling for chronic tension-type headache.Medicine · 2019Trial
- Hallmarks of primary headache: part 2- Tension-type headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
- The Burden of Analgesics Overprescription for Chronic Headache: Impacts on Patients, Healthcare System and Countries.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Multimodal treatment, including extracorporeal shock wave therapy, for refractory chronic tension-type headache: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Acupuncture Treatment of Tension-Type Headache from 2003 to 2022.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- A Pilot Analysis on the Efficacy of Multiple Trigger-Point Saline Injections in Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Chronic Pain: Clinical Updates and Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Regional homogeneity alterations in multi-frequency bands in tension-type headache: a resting-state fMRI study.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Central Pain Sensitization Syndromes: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Brain Excitability in Tension-Type Headache: a Separate Entity from Migraine?Current pain and headache reports · 2021Review
- Acupoints for Tension-Type Headache: A Literature Study Based on Data Mining Technology.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
- [Tension type headaches : Quo vadis?]Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Review
- Sleep and Tension-Type Headache.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2019Review
- Investigation on the Chronic Tension-Type Headache from the Persian Medicine Point of View.Galen medical journal · 2019Article
- The management of common recurrent headaches by chiropractors: a descriptive analysis of a nationally representative survey.BMC neurology · 2018Article
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- Comparison of the Quality of Sleep and Intensity of Headache between Migraine, Tension Headache, and Healthy Children.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type of primary headaches, and its chronic form, chronic tension-type headache (CTTH), is affecting 0.5 to 4.8 % of the worldwide population. Although the mechanism underlying CTTH remains unclear, the role of central versus peripheral mechanisms has always been discussed while explaining the pathogenesis of CTTH. There is always a debate on differential diagnosis between CTTH and chronic migraine without aura which are regarded as different aspects of chronic daily headache spectrum because of many similarities and fuzzy boundaries. Compared with pharmacological treatments, non-pharmacological treatments have been popular as alternative interventions for CTTH in recent years. This review summaries the update knowledge on CTTH and discusses the most interested questions regarding pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies of CTTH.
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