Multimodal treatment, including extracorporeal shock wave therapy, for refractory chronic tension-type headache: a case report

• Published in: Journal of medical case reports Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 478
• Main Authors: Takekawa, Toru, Chino, Toshifumi, Yamada, Naoki, Watanabe, Shu, Abo, Masahiro, Sengoku, Renpei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.10.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Asthma; Botulinum toxin; Care and treatment; Case Report; Case reports; Combined Modality Therapy; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Entrance examinations; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy; Hay fever; Headache; Headaches; Hospitals; Humans; Intractable; Kampo; Lithotripsy; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine; Middle Aged; Migraine; Myofascial Pain Syndromes - complications; Myofascial Pain Syndromes - diagnosis; Myofascial Pain Syndromes - therapy; Olopatadine hydrochloride; Pain; Pandemics; Patients; Rhinitis; Shoulder; Sodium; Tension headache; Tension-Type Headache - diagnosis; Tension-Type Headache - etiology; Tension-Type Headache - therapy; Tizanidine; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; Medicine; Intractable; Pain; Case reports; Kampo; Trigger points

Few reports have described multidisciplinary treatment, including extracorporeal shock wave therapy, for patients with refractory chronic tension-type headache. In this study, we conducted multidisciplinary treatment for a patient with chronic tension-type headache who suffered from chronic headache...