Subjective well-being in patients with chronic tension-type headache: effect of acupuncture, physical training, and relaxation training.

Background: Episodic tension-type headache is a common problem affecting approximately 2 of 3 of the population. The origin of tension-type headache is multifactorial, but the pathogenesis is still unclear. In some individuals episodic tension-type headache transforms into chronic tension-type headache (CTTH).

Qigong and exercise therapy in patients with long-term neck pain: a prospective randomized trial.

Study Design: A randomized, controlled, multicenter trial: 1-year follow-up.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of qigong and exercise therapy in subjects with long-term nonspecific neck pain.

Summary Of Background Data: The evidence for the benefit of treatment programs focusing on persons with long-term, nonspecific neck pain is conflicting.

Headache in patients with cervical radiculopathy: a prospective study with selective nerve root blocks in 275 patients.

Since many years we routinely use diagnostic selective nerve root blocks (SNRB) at our department when evaluating patients with cervical radiculopathy. Frequently patients who also presented with headache reported that the headache disappeared when the nerve root responsible for the radicular pain was blocked with local anaesthetics. Headache has been described as a companioning symptom related to cervical radiculopathy but has never before been evaluated with SNRB performed in the lower cervical spine.