Acupuncture treatment of chronic tension headache -a controlled cross-over trial

Author(s): Hansen, J.

Journal/Book: Cephalalgia. 1985; 5: 137-142.

Abstract: In a controlled trial the effect of traditional Chinese acupuncture v se duration 15 years). All evaluated in 18 patients with chronic tension headache (mean diseasepatients suffered from daily or frequently recurring headache, the intensity of which was recorded by the patient over a period of 15 weeks. Each patient was treated by traditional recorded by the patient over a period of 15 weeks. Each patient was treated by traditional Chinese acupuncture as well as by placebo acupuncture in a cross-over design following randomization. Each period of treatment comprised six treatments. Traditional Chinese acupuncture was found to be significantly more pain-relieving than placebo acupuncture, according to the pain registration of the patient themselves. The pain reduction was 31%. Acupuncture is therefore found to be a reasonable treatment for chronic tension headache.

Keyword(s): Clinical trial

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