RCT of manual therapy for TMD

A comparison study of the clinical effectiveness of intra-oral myofascial treatment to intra-oral myofascial treatment plus education and self care and to wait list control

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000171516

Enrollment

Registered

2006-05-12

Start date

2006-05-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To trial the clinical effectiveness of manual therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular disorder. Applicants are screened over the telephone, and if they meet exclusion/inclusion criteria are asked to complete application forms and undergo an assessment. Acceptable participants are numbered, then randomly assigned to thier respective groups by a blinded off-site person holding the randomization schedule. Control patients are blinded as to thier current status within the trial. Due to ethical considerations they will be offered free treatment at the conclusion of the trial observation period (1yr). Assessments are further carried out following intervention (week5), 6months post, and 1 yr post. Assessor is blinded as to which group the participant belongs, and the clinician is blinded to the results of assessments.

Interventions

manual therapy (10 sessions over 5 weeks)

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Over 18 years of age, 3 month history of jaw pain

Exclusion criteria

history of malignancy in head or neck, fractures of the jaw, toothlessness

Outcome results