2014年6月
Effects of Thai Traditional Massage on Pressure Pain Threshold and Headache Intensity in Patients with Chronic Tension-Type and Migraine Headaches
JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
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- 20
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- 6
- 開始ページ
- 486
- 終了ページ
- 492
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1089/acm.2013.0176
- 出版者・発行元
- MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Objective: To investigate the effects of Thai traditional massage (TTM) on pressure pain threshold (PPT) and headache intensity in patients with chronic tension-type and migraine headaches.
Design: Randomized controlled trial of TTM compared with the sham ultrasound (nine sessions each) during a 3-week period.
Participants: Seventy-two participants who had had a headache diagnosis for at least 3 months before the experiment was recruited.
Results: After the treatment and at 3 and 9 weeks of follow-up, the TTM group showed a significant increase in PPT (p < 0.01) compared with the sham ultrasound group. PPT values at baseline, after 3 weeks of treatment, and at 3- and 9-week follow-up for the TTM group were 2.71 +/- 1.22, 3.57 +/- 1.41, 3.72 +/- 1.46, and 3.42 +/- 1.46 pounds/cm(2), respectively; values in the sham ultrasound group were 2.85 +/- 1.20, 2.62 +/- 1.07, 2.58 +/- 1.05 and 2.63 +/- 0.94 pounds/cm(2). In both groups, headache intensity decreased significantly (p < 0.05) at every end point of the outcome measures, and there were no differences between the groups (p > 0.05).
Conclusions: TTM could increase PPT and reduce headache intensity, suggesting that this is a possible alternative treatment for chronic headaches.
Design: Randomized controlled trial of TTM compared with the sham ultrasound (nine sessions each) during a 3-week period.
Participants: Seventy-two participants who had had a headache diagnosis for at least 3 months before the experiment was recruited.
Results: After the treatment and at 3 and 9 weeks of follow-up, the TTM group showed a significant increase in PPT (p < 0.01) compared with the sham ultrasound group. PPT values at baseline, after 3 weeks of treatment, and at 3- and 9-week follow-up for the TTM group were 2.71 +/- 1.22, 3.57 +/- 1.41, 3.72 +/- 1.46, and 3.42 +/- 1.46 pounds/cm(2), respectively; values in the sham ultrasound group were 2.85 +/- 1.20, 2.62 +/- 1.07, 2.58 +/- 1.05 and 2.63 +/- 0.94 pounds/cm(2). In both groups, headache intensity decreased significantly (p < 0.05) at every end point of the outcome measures, and there were no differences between the groups (p > 0.05).
Conclusions: TTM could increase PPT and reduce headache intensity, suggesting that this is a possible alternative treatment for chronic headaches.
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- DOI : 10.1089/acm.2013.0176
- ISSN : 1075-5535
- eISSN : 1557-7708
- PubMed ID : 24738648
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000338347500011