Effect of Massage Treatment in Temporomandibular Joint

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have multiple and broad clinical effects on orofacial structures and are often diagnosed in patients with a prevalence of between 5% and 12%. Among treatment options, massage therapy is one of the common therapeutic procedures and allows interesting clinical outcomes by reducing TMD symptoms successfully. However, there has been no attempt to validate this knowledge. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of massage and its properties in patients with TMD.

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Key information

Conditions

Massage Therapy Craniomandibular Disorders Jaw Diseases Joint Diseases Mandibular Diseases Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases Temporomandibular Disorder Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Istanbul university,Faculty of Dentistry

Fatih, 34452, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Temporomandibular disorder-positive RDC/TMD examination for groups RDC/TMD Ia and RDC/TMD Ib,
Patient agreement to participate in the experimental study.

Exclusion criteria

RDC/TMD II and RDC/TMDIII,
Drug and/or removable partial or total prosthesis wearers,
Being submitted to any type of physiotherapeutic treatment,
Incomplete dentition,
History of systemic diseases as diabetes or arthritis,
The occurrence of facial trauma,
Refusal to assume responsibility with this research.

Treatment and study plan

Massage therapy

Other

Massage therapy performed by a physiotherapist

non-effective treatment

Other

non-effective treatment

Primary outcomes

Pain- Visual Analog Scale

Time frame: 12 weeks-14 weeks

Self-reported pain values. High scores for pain mean worse outcome for the study.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istanbul University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Massage Treatment in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorder

Acronym: TMD

Important dates

Study start: 2018
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Oct 21, 2019
Registry last updated: Oct 21, 2019

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