Pilot Study of the Osteo-Fluidic-Sensitive (OFS) in Tension-type Headache.

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Osteo fluidic Sensitive méthod: Manual therapy, without manipulative treatment, based on rebalancing of the body with manual pressures on specific body areas.

Placebo method: Soft Manual pressures at specific points that are defined as non-effective and non-deleterious for patients.

Study summary

The hypothesis of the study is the Osteo-fluidic-Senstive is effective for lowering headache pains (Reduction of the number of days of headaches per month) for patients having frequent episodic tension-type headache. The OFS method will improve quality of life and will reduce the consumption of crisis treatments.

Compare the efficacy of the Osteo-Fluidic-Sensitive method versus a placebo method on patients with tension type headache for the reduction of the number of days of headaches per month after 3 months of treatment at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• numbers of days with headaches — one month
  The main criteria for the study will be the difference of the number of days with headaches evaluated based on a calendar of headaches between the month prior to the beginning of the treatment and the month following the last session (1st month).

Trial sites (1)

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