Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Juan Jose Gonzalez-Gerez¹  Manuel Saavedra-Hernandez¹  Elena Marques-Sule²  Luis Copete-Fajardo²  Marta Ingles²  Juan J. Carrasco-Fernandez²  Gemma V. Espi-Lopez²  Pilar Serra-Añó² 

[1] Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Almería, c/Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, Spain;Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Physical Therapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain;

关键词: tension-type headache;    physical therapy modalities;    clinical trial;   

DOI  :  10.3390/jcm11071778

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: This study compares the effect of foam rolling (FR) vs. manual therapy (MT) on pain, pressure pain threshold (PPT), headache disability (HDI) and impact of headache (HIT-6) in patients with tension-type headache (TTH). Methods: A total of 38 participants with TTH were randomly assigned to an FR group (FRG, n = 13), an MT group (MTG, n = 13) or a control group (CG, n = 12). FRG received FR treatment; MTG received MT techniques; CG received a placebo treatment. The treatment lasted one month. Outcome measures were assessed at baseline, post-intervention and follow-up. Results: Both FRG and MTG showed significant improvements in all variables after the treatment, but the intervention effect was maintained only for functional disability (p = 0.002 and p = 0.005, respectively), overall disability (p = 0.007; p = 0.030) and HIT-6 (p = 0.002; p = 0.001) at follow-up. After treatment, FRG and MTG presented a significantly higher PPT in right (p = 0.044; p = 0.009) and left suboccipital (p = 0.004; p = 0.021). MTG showed a significantly lower HIT-6 than CG (p = 0.008). No differences between FRG and MTG were found in any variable. Conclusions: Both FR and MT are effective treatments for the improvement of clinical symptoms in TTH. Further studies are needed to confirm our findings in a larger population.

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