Facial Pain
Conditions
Interventions
This is a blind and randomized clinical study with a sample age between 18 and 60 years old that will be 18 volunteers divided into 3 groups, attended for 5 weekly sessions: Systemic Acupuncture Group
E07.710.520
E02.190.044
Sponsors
financiamento Próprio
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult volunteers of both sexes, aged 18 to 60 years, with pain due to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of mixed origin. TMD will be diagnosed by the DC\TMD Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (Schiffman, 2014). The mandibular functional limitation questionnaires (JFLS: Jaw Functional Limitation Scale); evaluation of the volunteer's emotional alteration with the questionnaire (PHQ-4: Distress (Depression & Anxiety)) and the evaluation of oral behaviors by the OBC questionnaire: Oral Behaviors Checklist, will be completed and then the clinical diagnosis of myofacial pain with impairment will be made. of the ATM, characterizing the mixed DTM.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers who use a myorelaxant plate, medication such as analgesics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs, pregnant women, temporomandibular joint arthropathy, recent jaw trauma and rheumatoid arthritis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The outcome will be to verify if the stimulation of acupoints with low power laser light will be effective in the management of pain in volunteers with TMD of mixed origin, when acupoints located far from the face are stimulated. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the volunteer's expectation and satisfaction following the Likert scale; to assess self-reported orofacial pain, pressure pain in the central bundle masseter muscles and anterior bundle temporal muscle and change in mouth opening, using the VAS scale; assess mandibular functional limitation using the mandibular functional limitation questionnaire (JFLS: Jaw Functional Limitation Scale); to evaluate the volunteer's emotional alteration through the questionnaire (PHQ-4: Distress (Depression & Anxiety)) and to evaluate the oral behaviors through the OBC questionnaire: Oral Behaviors Checklist. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMaria Bressiani Gil
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba
Outcome results
None listed