Muscle-contraction headaches in multiple-pain patients: treatment under worsening baseline conditions.
A total of 55 muscle-contraction headache patients were divided into four groups which received frontalis EMG biofeedback, relaxation training, combined biofeedback-relaxation training, or no-treatment control. All patients were compensation patients undergoing assessment and brought to a high level of activity for the first time since going into chronicity. In all cases, onset or aggravation of the headaches coincided with the compensation-related injury. All treatment modalities led to significant but similar levels of improvement in headaches, while the control group worsened.
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D004576:Electromyography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy