• Headache · Nov 2001

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    Botulinum toxin type A and EMG: a key to the understanding of chronic tension-type headaches?

    • J D Rollnik, M Karst, M Fink, and R Dengler.
    • Department of Neurology, Medical School of Hannover, Germany.
    • Headache. 2001 Nov 1; 41 (10): 985-9.

    BackgroundThe pathogenesis of chronic tension-type headache remains unclear, and the role of muscle tension is especially controversial. Botulinum toxin type A, a potent inhibitor of muscle tone, has been used to treat chronic tension-type headache.ObjectiveTo determine whether clinical response to treatment of chronic tension-type headache with Botox A parallels changes in resting muscle activity recorded through serial electromyography (EMG).MethodsWe randomly assigned eight patients with chronic tension-type headache to pericranial injection of 500 MU Botox A versus placebo (isotonic saline).ResultsAt 6 and 12 weeks following treatment, there were no significant differences in clinical outcome between the placebo and the Botox A groups. This occurred despite EMG evidence of a reduction in resting muscle activity in the Botox A-treated patients.ConclusionThese results support the hypothesis that peripheral mechanisms such as increased muscle tone play, at most, a minor role in the pathophysiology of chronic tension-type headache.

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