ArticleJournal of pain research2018
The effect of physiotherapy and acupuncture on psychocognitive, somatic, quality of life, and disability characteristics in TTH patients.
Article in Journal of pain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04091100 (Effects of Electroacupuncture and Myofascial Release on Pain, Neck Functions and Depression Status in Patients With Tension-Type Headaches), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Electroacupuncture and Myofascial Release on Pain, Neck Functions and Depression Status in Patients With Tension-Type Headaches
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical Therapy in Tension-Type Headache: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- A bibliometric analysis and visualization of tension-type headache.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Combining electroacupuncture and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for psychiatric disorders in women victims of domestic violence: An assessor-blinded, randomised controlled trial.General psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends of Acupuncture Therapy in the Treatment of Migraine from 2000 to 2020.Journal of pain research · 2021Review
- Mapping Assessments Instruments for Headache Disorders against the ICF Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Acupuncture for Psychological Disorders Caused by Chronic Pain: A Review and Future Directions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
- Role of DNA Methylation and Adenosine in Ketogenic Diet for Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy: Focus on Epileptogenesis and Associated Comorbidities.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Review
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionNonpharmacological therapies have been widely used to treat tension-type headache (TTH); however, limited evidence exists with regards to their effectiveness. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the combined effect of acupuncture, stretching, and physiotherapy (myofascial release techniques and microwave diathermy) on psychocognitive, somatic, quality of life, and disability characteristics in such patients. SUBJECTS AND
methodsPatients with TTH (n=44) performed either acupuncture or stretching (control group, n=20) or acupuncture, stretching, and physiotherapy (experimental group, n=24) during a 4-week intervention period including 10 treatment sessions. They were tested for the Greek version of the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire, the Greek version of the Migraine Disability Assessment Questionnaire, the Greek version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Short Form Health Survey 12 9 (SF-12), and Pain Catastrophizing Scale at baseline after the fifth and tenth sessions.
resultsAll measures were improved throughout the first to tenth session (
conclusionIn summary, a significant beneficial role of acupuncture, stretching, and physiotherapy on cognitive, psychosomatic pain measures, disability index, quality of life, and catastrophizing in patients with TTH was observed.
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