A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage versus Amitriptyline in Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache
Table 2
Patient-rated outcome repeated measures at all assessment time points during the baseline, week 2, and week 4 of treatment and at week 6 follow-up after final treatment (Repeated Measures ANOVA).
Outcome
Group
Baseline
2-week follow-up
4-week follow-up
6-week follow-up
value
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
Visual analog scale (VAS 0–10 cm)
CTTM
6.3 ± 1.20
3.73 ± 1.22
2.90 ± 0.95
2.60 ± 0.72
<0.05
Control
6.0 ± 0.94
4.40 ± 1.37
3.50 ± 1.27
2.90 ± 1.06
<0.05
Tissue hardness (%)
CTTM
59.89 ± 11.04
48.85 ± 11.29
46.20 ± 7.54
48.96 ± 8.01
<0.05
Control
57.16 ± 8.50
49.80 ± 10.45
49.51 ± 7.85
47.41 ± 8.62
<0.05
Pressure pain threshold (kg/cm2)
CTTM
3.17 ± 0.69
3.72 ± 0.60
4.01 ± 0.62
4.12 ± 0.55
<0.05
Control
2.85 ± 0.79
3.17 ± 0.65
3.48 ± 0.68
3.53 ± 0.73
<0.05
Note. CTTM is court-type traditional Thai massage. NA is not available. is statistically significant differences from baseline.
