Active clinical trials for "Temporomandibular Joint Disorders"

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to assess the efficacy of stabilization splint treatment on TMD-related facial pain and oral health-related quality of life during a one-year follow-up. Eighty TMD patients were randomly assigned to two groups: splint group (n=39) and control group (n=41). The patients in the splint group were treated with a stabilization splint and received counseling and instructions for masticatory muscle exercises. The controls received only counseling and instructions for masticatory muscles exercises. The outcome variables were the intensity of facial pain (as measured with visual analogue scale, VAS), patients' subjective estimate of symptoms and treatment outcome, as well as Oral Heath Impact Profile (OHIP)-14. The differences in variables between the groups at each follow-up points (1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year after baseline) were analyzed using regression models. Group status and presence of psychosocial symptoms were included as the explanatory factor and baseline VAS, gender, age, length of treatment and general health status as confounders.

The study which includes 52 participants suffering from chronic neck pain, determines additional effects of dental bite pads on neck pain and function when performing a 3-month gymnastics programme.

Objectives: The aim of this research is to compare the effectiveness of myofascial release therapy and exercise therapy on pain, quality of sleep, anxiety, trigger points, and joint sounds in individuals with temporomandibular disorders and myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome. Material and Methods: A single-blind randomized clinical trial will be conducted in a university research clinic. Sixty-four subjects with temporomandibular disorders and myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome will be randomly assigned to physical therapy group (myofascial release protocol and Rocabado exercise therapy) and control group (exercise therapy). Intensity of pain, quality of life, quality of sleep, anxiety, trigger points, and joint sounds will be collected at baseline, and forty-eight hours after the intervention phase.

Temporomandibular joint disorders are ranked third among the most common stomatological diseases after dental caries and periodontal problems. Type of dysfunction is determined by environmental, genetic and psycho-emotional factors. It has been observed that increasing level of stress leads to the increase of harmful parafunctional habits in the stomatognathic system whose long-term effect prevents the ability of the organism to compensate and adapt the function, which contributes to the pain within the masticatory system. Nowadays applied methods in treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders are still under investigation. However, they have not been developed effectively yet. Satisfactory methods of masticatory muscle relaxation (with the exception for drug treatment) are only related to mental patients. Significant impact factor and psycho-emotional stress in the etiology of dysfunction indicate the need of the routine approach in the treatment of patients with temporomandibular joint disorders to be changed. The attempt to cooperate with a psychologist may facilitate the effectiveness of traditional rehabilitation of patients with dysfunction.

The aim of this study is to to investigate if local treatment with intramuscular injections of granisetron are effective in alleviating pain in patients with chronic myofascial pain in the orofacial muscles The study hypothesis is that local administration of granisetron reduces pain and allodynia/hyperalgesia in patients with chronic myofascial pain in the orofacial muscles and that this effect of granisetron on pain is larger than the effect from placebo

Objectives: Verify the effect of auriculotherapy in patients with tension-type headache resulting from temporomandibular dysfunction. Design: Randomized clinical study Setting: Randomized Study Participants: The study consist of 38 participants randomized into two groups: an intervention group (n = 18, sample loss = 1) and placebo group (n = 20, sample loss = 6) Interventions: The intervention group will receive treatment with auricular acupuncture in the Shen Men, Kidney, Sympathetic, Subcortex, Adrenal and Cerebral points. The placebo group will receive auriculotherapy in the trachea point. Main outcome measures: visual analog scale for pain pain (VAS) and surface electromyography (EMG).

The project aims to assess the effects of proprioceptive treatment through the use of hyperbolid mastication apparatus on pain intensity, muscle activity and joint mobility in subjects with TMD. A randomized, blind, clinical trial will be conducted. Volunteers aged between 18 and 40 years will be recruited, with a diagnosis of muscle- and joint-related TMD according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC / TMD), being randomly divided in three different groups: Group 1 (G1) - treated with HB device combined with tongue exercises on the palate; Group 2 (G2) - treated HB alone and Group 3 (G3) - control. Treatment protocols will be applied for 12 sessions, the volunteers will be evaluated in two stages: before applying the treatment and after the last session.

the purpose of this study is to compare the effect of physical therapy (PT) program and oral appliance on patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD)-related myofascial pain (MFP).

The study aims to evaluate effectiveness of ringer injection with or without corticosteroid during arthrocentesis of the temporomandibular joint in the treatment of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Low intensity laser therapy (LILT) has been widely applied in pain relief in several clinical situations. With the advent of new LED-based (light emitting diode) light sources, the need of further clinical experiments aiming to compare the effectiveness between them is paramount.