Biofeedback-assisted relaxation training for young adolescents with tension-type headache: a controlled study

Cephalalgia. 1998 Sep;18(7):463-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.1998.1807463.x.

Abstract

Tension-type headache is common in children and adolescents and is generally treated with medication, but emerging literature suggests that various behavioral treatments may provide efficacious alternatives to medication. Juvenile tension-type headache sufferers were randomly assigned to biofeedback-assisted relaxation continued to improve and were superior to the control condition at a 6- and 12-month follow-up (86% versus 50%). Biofeedback-assisted relaxation appears to be an efficacious and durable treatment for juvenile tension-type headache and merits further exploration.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biofeedback, Psychology
  • Child
  • Electromyography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychophysiology
  • Relaxation Therapy*
  • Tension-Type Headache / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome