[Effectiveness of different biofeedback therapies of tension headache].

OBJECTIVE

To explore the effectiveness of treatment using biofeedback (BFB-training) technology in patients with tension headache.

METHODS

Respiratory training and EEG-BFB-therapy were used to reduce pain syndrome. Two groups of patients with different characteristics of the autonomic nervous system, according to R.M. Baevsky, during Holter monitoring of heart rate variability in the awakening period, presence of autonomic dysfunction that reflected migraine chronification were studied.

RESULTS

The statistically significant difference in the effectiveness of treatment of tension headache using respiratory or EEF parameters of BFB in regard to autonomic nervous system function and the presence of autonomic dysfunction syndrome was demonstrated.