Intra-oral myofascial therapy for chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder (TMD). A randomised controlled trial

In Participants with chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is manual therapy or manual therapy plus education and self care exercises more effective than no treatment in decreasing pain and increasing interincisal opening range of the jaw?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000329066

Enrollment

Registered

2010-04-23

Start date

2007-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The primary purpose of the study is to test whether intra-oral manual therapy for chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder coupled with self care exercises and education is more effective than either manual therapy alone or no treatment (control).

Interventions

Arm 1. intra-oral soft tissue manual therapy- 2 x10 minute treatments per week for 5 weeks. Arm 2. intra-oral soft tissue manual therapy plus education and self care exercises- 2x10 minute treatments per week for 5 weeks; a short scripted dialogue of 10 minutes duration on jaw pain pathophysiology and anatomy administered face to face with a trained therapist, plus self care jaw exercises to be performed at home 2x daily for 5 minutes. Arm 3. Wait list control

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

chronic jaw pain 3/10 or greater on graded chronic pain scale (GCPS) adult 18-50 years of age onset of symptoms at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

head and neck trauma, neoplasia of head and neck, edentulous patients, less than 3/10 on graded chronic pain scale

Outcome results