Yoga Therapy for Chronic Tension-Type Headache

NCT03862638 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: NMP/23891
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Chronic tension headache represents a considerable social burden in terms of both costs to the health services and also the costs of lost productivity. Episodic tension-type headache can be treated with rest and analgesics, while chronic tension-type headache demands a more fundamental treatment. Effectiveness of yoga therapy in the management of chronic tension type headache is limited. In this study, yoga therapy was used to explore its effect on chronic tension-type headache.

Conditions

Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The number of days with headache

  Number of days with headache every four weeks were assessed through headache diaries

  Change from baseline to 12-week of intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• The medication intake

  Change from baseline to 12 week of intervention

• Intensity of Pan

  Change from baseline to12 week of intervention

• Duration of Pain

  Change from baseline to12 week of intervention

Study Arms (1)

Yoga Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga therapy session lasted for 60 minutes consisting physical posture, Breath work, Relaxation, guided meditation, chants and combination techniques for groups sessions.

Other: Yoga Therapy

Interventions

Yoga Therapy OTHER

Yoga therapy is therapeutic application of yoga, specifically designed to treat the condition using physical posture, breathing exercises, guided relaxation and meditation.

Also known as: Yoga

Yoga Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Meeting the diagnostic criteria of CTTH in the international classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition (beta version) (ICHD-III beta);
• Aged 18-55 years;
• Having the ability of understanding and completing the headache dairy;
• Provide written informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• No headache during the pervious 3 months;
• Taking any prophylactic medication during the previous one month;
• Secondary headache or any systematic cause
• Having serious conditions of the heart, liver, kidney or other organs;
• In pregnancy or lactation, or planning to be pregnant in 6 months;
• Drug and Substance abuse
• Diagnosed psychiatric condition
• Taking any other complementary and alternative medicines
• Practicing yoga of any kind in last three months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NMP Medical Research Institute: lead
• Yog-Kulam: collaborator
• Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, India: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NMP Medical Research Institue

Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302019, India

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Yoga

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Spiritual Therapies; Exercise Movement Techniques; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Officials

• Neha Sharma, PhD

  Yog-Kulam

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• PJ John, PhD

  Deaprtment of Zoology, University of Rajasthan

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Chandra M Sharma, DM

  SMS Medical College and Hospital

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 28, 2019
• First Posted: March 5, 2019
• Study Start: April 10, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 12, 2012
• Study Completion: January 15, 2013
• Last Updated: March 5, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Locations

IN (1)