Acupuncture for the prevention of tension-type headache
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Role of Acupuncture in the Treatment or Prevention of Migraine, Tension-Type Headache, or Chronic Headache Disorders.
OBJECTIVE To summarize the current evidence that evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment or prevention of migraine, tension-type headache, and chronic headache disorders. METHODS Findings from selected systematic reviews and meta-analyses are summarized. RESULTS Recently published systematic reviews and meta-analyses demonstrate that acupuncture is associated with impro...
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BSTRACT OF THE OCHRANE REVIEW ackground: Acupuncture is often used or tension-type headache prophylaxis but ts effectiveness is still controversial. This eview (along with a companion review on Acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis’) epresents an updated version of a Cohrane review originally published in Issue , 2001, of The Cochrane Library. Objectives: To investigate whether acuuncture is a) ...
متن کاملTension-type headache.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides an update on the appropriate diagnosis and evaluation of patients with tension-type headache, with reviews of the latest concepts regarding pathogenesis and the evidence-based recommendations for management of this disorder. RECENT FINDINGS Pericranial myofascial mechanisms are probably of importance in episodic tension-type headache, whereas sensitizat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007587.pub2