Intra-oral myofascial therapy compared to education and self care for chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder. A randomised trial

In patients with chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder is manual therapy of the jaw muscles more effective than education and self care in decreasing pain and increasing interincisal opening range of the jaw?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000508077

Enrollment

Registered

2010-06-21

Start date

2010-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The primary purpose of the study is to test whether intra-oral myofascial therapy for chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder is more effective than education and self care in the short term

Interventions

Manual therapy (intra-oral myofascial manual therapy) of jaw muscles involving two treatments of 10-15 minutes duration each session per week for five 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 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

chronic jaw pain 3/10 or greater on a graded chronic pain scale of at least 3 months duration

Exclusion criteria

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

Outcome results