Myofascial Trigger Points Comorbidity in Headache

Gerwin, Robert D.; Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas, César

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41454-6_11

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“…Sometimes it feels like a tight band around the forehead. 3 Tension type headaches can occur at any age but most commonly it occurs in teenagers and adults .4 There are many triggering factors which can induce tension type headache such as anxiety, stress, poor posture, fatigue, insomnia, lack of physical activity and excessive workload but exact cause is still unknown .5,6 The patient complains of dull, diffuse aching pain in the head and neck region along with feeling of tightness, tenderness and pressure in both sides of head, temples, forehead and radiating to shoulders and neck.…”

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Comparison of Trigger Point Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy in Tension Type Headaches

Aslam

Ahmed

Zia

et al. 2019

TRJ

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Objective: To compare the effectiveness of trigger point release and conventional physical therapy in tension type headaches. Materials & Methods: Randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted from 18th February 2017 to 13 July 2018, at Isra institute of Rehabilitation Sciences (IIRS) Isra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan. A total of n=31 healthy individuals with tension type headache below the age of 50 years, were selected through non probability convenient sampling technique and randomly divided into conventional physical therapy and trigger point therapy group. The pain and Headache disability index data was compared at baseline and during and after the intervention while quality of life was measured pre and post the sessions. For within the groups changes RM-ANOVA was used and for between the groups differences independent sample t-test was used. Results: The results showed that pain was significantly reduced at the end of intervention in conventional physical therapy group as compare to trigger point therapy group (1.31±0.47 ver. 2.13±0.64, p<0.001). Regarding headache disability index, at the end of intervention trigger point therapy group show better results as compare to conventional physical therapy group (32.75±12.83 ver. 53.27±26.57, p=0.01). While comparing quality of life between the groups, no significant difference was observed after intervention. Conclusion: It was concluded that both conventional physical therapy and trigger point therapy are effective in the management of tension type headache. It decreased pain and disability caused by headache but no effect on quality of life due to shorter duration of study. Keywords: Tension type headache, trigger point therapy, stretching exercises.

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Comparison of Trigger Point Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy in Tension Type Headaches

Aslam

Ahmed

Zia

et al. 2019

TRJ

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Association of volume and voxel intensity of the articular disc and lateral pterygoid muscle in migraine patients: a study with magnetic resonance imaging

Barbieri

Costa

Gomes

et al. 2019

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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Temporomandibular treatments are significantly efficient in improving otologic symptoms

Naderi,

Karami,

Chamani

et al. 2023

BMC Oral Health

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Symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) could be present as otologic symptoms like earache and dizziness in some patients. In most cases, these symptoms are not recognized because otolaryngologists fail to diagnose TMD as a source of the problem. This investigation was conducted to evaluate the effect of TMD treatments on the otologic symptoms which after taking history and clinical examinations seemed to be related to TMD. In the present study, the patients who were complaining of otalgia, ear fullness, tinnitus, hearing loss, and dizziness were evaluated by an ear fellow. Forty patients who had no known otologic or other primary causes to explain their symptoms, were referred to the orofacial pain clinic with the possible diagnosis of TMD. If the diagnosis was confirmed by an orofacial pain specialist, a combination of TMD treatments was administered to each case and the patients were followed up. The results showed that following implementation of treatment protocols for TMD, more than 50% of the patients reported complete or partial recovery in the second follow-up (p < 0.05). The most common otologic symptom of the referred cases was earache, and the most common associated complaint was neck pain. All the patients had one or more parafunctional habits. This study showed that TMD treatments were significantly efficient in improving otologic symptoms partially or completely and the authors concluded that for the patients with otolaryngologic unexplained symptoms, an overhaul examination is needed to assess TMD as a possible cause of the patient complaint. It is recommended that in cases with unexplained otologic symptoms, otolaryngologists care more about the neck trigger points (TP) and ask about the patient’s parafunctional habits. Otolaryngologists and dentists need to be aware of the risk of developing otologic symptoms caused by these habits or cervical TPs.

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Myofascial Trigger Points Comorbidity in Headache

Cited by 3 publications

References 68 publications

Comparison of Trigger Point Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy in Tension Type Headaches

Comparison of Trigger Point Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy in Tension Type Headaches

Association of volume and voxel intensity of the articular disc and lateral pterygoid muscle in migraine patients: a study with magnetic resonance imaging

Temporomandibular treatments are significantly efficient in improving otologic symptoms

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