Fatigue research!

Here is a list of research articles that relate to how fatigue can trigger tension-type headaches and the effectiveness of certain management strategies! 

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(Gopichandran et al., 2024) - Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) and Deep Breathing Exercise on Pain, Disability, and Sleep Among Patients With Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Randomised Control Trial (RCT)

• RCT on those with chronic tension-type headaches over 12 weeks
• PMR therapy and deep breathing exercises (20 min every night) effectively reduced pain severity, frequency, headache-related disability and sleep quality at 4, 8 and 12 weeks

(Probyn et al., 2017) - Non-pharmacological self-management for people living with migraine or tension-type headache: a systematic review including analysis of intervention components

• Non-pharmacological education or psychological self management interventions
• Assessed overall effectiveness
• Self-management interventions for migraine and tension type headache are more effective than usual care reducing pain intensity, mood and headache related disability - but no effect on headache frequency

(Casson et al., 2023) - The effectiveness of activity pacing interventions for people with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Activity pacing in those with chronic fatigue syndrome
• Effectively reduced fatigue as well as psychological distress
• Also an improvement in physical function