Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study
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 t...
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| author | Espi-Lopez, Gemma V. Ingles, Marta Carrasco-Fernandez, Juan J. Serra-Añó, Pilar Copete-Fajardo, Luis Gonzalez Gerez, Juan Jose Saavedra Hernández, Manuel Marques-Sule, Elena |
| author_facet | Espi-Lopez, Gemma V. Ingles, Marta Carrasco-Fernandez, Juan J. Serra-Añó, Pilar Copete-Fajardo, Luis Gonzalez Gerez, Juan Jose Saavedra Hernández, Manuel Marques-Sule, Elena |
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| description | 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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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-135982023-04-12T19:19:31Z Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study Espi-Lopez, Gemma V. Ingles, Marta Carrasco-Fernandez, Juan J. Serra-Añó, Pilar Copete-Fajardo, Luis Gonzalez Gerez, Juan Jose Saavedra Hernández, Manuel Marques-Sule, Elena tension-type headache physical therapy modalities clinical trial 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. 2022-04-07T17:55:29Z 2022-04-07T17:55:29Z 2022-03-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2077-0383 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13598 10.3390/jcm11071778 en https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/7/1778 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | tension-type headache physical therapy modalities clinical trial Espi-Lopez, Gemma V. Ingles, Marta Carrasco-Fernandez, Juan J. Serra-Añó, Pilar Copete-Fajardo, Luis Gonzalez Gerez, Juan Jose Saavedra Hernández, Manuel Marques-Sule, Elena Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study |
| title | Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study |
| title_full | Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study |
| title_short | Effects of Foam Rolling vs. Manual Therapy in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Pilot Study |
| title_sort | effects of foam rolling vs. manual therapy in patients with tension-type headache: a randomized pilot study |
| topic | tension-type headache physical therapy modalities clinical trial |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13598 |
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