Abstract: Objective: This meta-analysis reviews the evidence for training in patients with tension-type headache on pain intensity and headache frequency. Method: Electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled trials evaluating training on patients with tension-type headache. Data was extracted by the reviewer. Methodological quality was assessed using risk of bias two and a meta-analysis was made using Revman 5. The quality of the evidence was calculated using GRADEproGDT. Results: Regarding pain intensity four studies were included (n = 330 participants). The meta-analysis indicates that training is effective in reducing pain intensity in patients with tension-type headache. This result does not reach a clinical important difference. The quality of evidence is moderate. For headache frequency three studies were included in the meta-analysis (n = 290 participants). The meta-analysis showed that training is effective in reducing headache frequency in patients with tension-type headache. This change does not reach a clinical important difference. The quality of evidence for this result is high. Conclusion: There is moderate quality of evidence that exercise reduces pain intensity in patients with tension-type headache. There is high quality evidence that exercise reduces headache frequency in patients with tension-type headache. Neither of these results reach a clinically important difference. This may be due to the active control groups and needs to be researched further.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ltu-86042 |
Date | January 2021 |
Creators | Rundström, Elin |
Publisher | Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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