Needle Acupuncture in Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
| Autor: | P Thum, J. Rollnik, Birgitt Wiese, Matthias Fink, Matthias Karst, M Reinhard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale Acupuncture Therapy Placebo-controlled study Placebo Statistics Nonparametric law.invention Placebos Randomized controlled trial Quality of life law medicine Acupuncture Humans Single-Blind Method Depression business.industry Decision Trees Tension-Type Headache General Medicine Middle Aged Clinical trial Treatment Outcome Nottingham Health Profile Needles Quality of Life Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Cephalalgia. 21:637-642 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2982 0333-1024 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00198.x |
| Popis: | A study with needle acupuncture was performed in tension-type headache employing a new placebo acupuncture method. Sixty-nine patients (mean age 48.1 years, sd = 14.1) fulfilling the International Headache Society criteria for tension-type headache were randomly assigned to verum or placebo condition. No significant differences between placebo and verum with respect to visual analogue scale and frequency of headache attacks could be observed immediately, 6 weeks and 5 months after the end of treatment. There was a significant but weak improvement in quality of life parameters (clinical global impressions, Nottingham Health Profile) after verum treatment. In decision tree analyses, the changes in clinical global impressions and headache frequency depended significantly on primary headache frequency with a limit value of 24.5 days headache per month. High values in the von Zerssen Depression Score resulted in high mean visual analogue scale values. |
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