Effect of Massage Treatment in Temporomandibular Joint (TMD)

Istanbul University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Massage Therapy; Temporomandibular Disorder

Treatments: Other: Massage therapy; Other: non-effective treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04132726

192021

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Test

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group which employed with massage treatment

Treatment:

Other: Massage therapy

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Placebo group which employed with non-effective treatment

Treatment:

Other: non-effective treatment

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

no treatment