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Autogenic training and progressive relaxation in the treatment of three kinds of headache
Janssen K, Neutgens J
Behaviour Research and Therapy 1986;24(2):199-208
clinical trial
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: No. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Forty-one headache patients were classified into tension-headache, migraine or combined headache groups. After a 2;-week baseline period they were assigned to either autogenic training (AT) or progressive relaxation (PR). Treatment was conducted in small groups over 12 sessions. Three months after treatment, the patients returned for a follow-up session. Patients charted their headache every 4 hr throughout the baseline and treatment periods and again 2 weeks prior to the follow-up session. PR was more successful in the treatment of tension headache, whereas for migraine cases, both treatments seemed equally effective. For combined headaches, PR lagged behind AT. Among headache subparameters, the duration and frequency of pain periods were mainly affected, with the exception of the tension-headache PR condition, in which decreases in duration and intensity of pain occurred jointly.
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