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NCT Number: NCT03862638

Yoga Therapy for Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Chronic tension headache represents a considerable social burden in terms of both costs to the health services and also the costs of lost productivity. Episodic tension-type headache can be treated with rest and analgesics, while chronic tension-type headache demands a more fundamental treatment.

Effectiveness of yoga therapy in the management of chronic tension type headache is limited. In this study, yoga therapy was used to explore its effect on chronic tension-type headache.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

NMP Medical Research Institue

Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302019, India

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Meeting the diagnostic criteria of CTTH in the international classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition (beta version) (ICHD-III beta);
  • Aged 18-55 years;
  • Having the ability of understanding and completing the headache dairy;
  • Provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • No headache during the pervious 3 months;
  • Taking any prophylactic medication during the previous one month;
  • Secondary headache or any systematic cause
  • Having serious conditions of the heart, liver, kidney or other organs;
  • In pregnancy or lactation, or planning to be pregnant in 6 months;
  • Drug and Substance abuse
  • Diagnosed psychiatric condition
  • Taking any other complementary and alternative medicines
  • Practicing yoga of any kind in last three months

Treatment and study plan

Yoga Therapy

Other

Yoga therapy is therapeutic application of yoga, specifically designed to treat the condition using physical posture, breathing exercises, guided relaxation and meditation.

Other names: Yoga

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of days with headache

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-week of intervention

    Number of days with headache every four weeks were assessed through headache diaries

Secondary outcomes

  1. The medication intake

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 week of intervention

    Medication score per month were recorded through headache diaries

  2. Intensity of Pan

    Time frame: Change from baseline to12 week of intervention

    Each headache intensity was measure through 0-10 scale; 0 was no pain and 10 was worst pain

  3. Duration of Pain

    Time frame: Change from baseline to12 week of intervention

    Duration of each headache was measured through headache diaries

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

NMP Medical Research Institute

Other

Collaborators

  • Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, India
  • Yog-Kulam

Registry information

Official study title

Yoga Therapy for Chronic Tension-Type Headache: An Evaluation Study

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2013
First posted
Mar 5, 2019
Registry last updated
Mar 5, 2019

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