Distribution of Trigger Points in Patient Who Have Myofascial Pain Disorder

Necmettin Erbakan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Myofascial Pain

Treatments: Other: bimanual palpation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03962556

NecmettinEU1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Myofascial pain alone covers 45.3% of the diagnosis of TMJ. It is defined as palpation sensitivity and regional muscle pain. Clinically muscle pain connects to myofascial trigger points.These trigger points are hypersensitive points located in a tense band of the skeletal muscle, which can be described, causing provoked or spontaneous pain. They are divided into two as active and latent. Those who cause spontaneous pain are active, and those who provoke pain are considered latent.Spasm in the chewing muscles with myofascial pain reduces the patient's pain threshold and quality of life.

Therefore, patients with spasm and TMJ pain in the masticatory muscles should be examined for head and neck muscles, the presence of myofascial trigger points should be determined and the head and neck muscles should be included in physical therapy.

The aim of this study was to determine the presence of myofascial trigger points in patients presenting with pain in the masticatory muscles and TMJ region, and to determine the relationship between the presence of trigger point and the degree of pain.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Will be conducted in volunteers who applied to our clinic with complaint of TMJ

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosed rheumatoid diseases and fibromyalgia.
• Psychiatric drug users.
• Patients who use muscle relaxants.
• TME pathology

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Non-Trigger Point

Treatment:

Other: bimanual palpation

Trigger Point

Treatment:

Other: bimanual palpation