Evaluate the Effect of Dry Needling on the Temporomandibular Joint in Subjects Who Have Suffered a Whiplash as a Result of a Traffic Accident

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Temporomandibular Joint Pain; Whiplash; Dry Needling Technique

Treatments: Procedure: Dry needling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06023264

03916375G

Details and patient eligibility

About

The transportation industry is growing rapidly and the most popular mode is overland by road. Traffic accidents are the most direct and serious risk to the lives of Western people. A large number of traffic accidents occur on the roads each year, especially those caused by motor vehicles on motorways and urban ring roads, often resulting in massive loss of life. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.35 million people die each year worldwide.

Whiplash is the most common injury in motor vehicle collisions, affecting 83% of injured people.

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is one of the most complex joints in the human body, since in addition to performing functions in dental occlusion, it does so in the neuromuscular system.

Due to the relationship of the neck with the mandible, the main objective of the study is to determine if there is an improvement in pain and functional limitation in general by applying the dry needling technique in the temporomandibular joint musculature.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having suffered a traffic accident
• Having suffered a subsequent collision
• Having been diagnosed with whiplash in the hospital ''Fundación Jiménez Díaz (FJD)´´ emergency room in the first 72 hours after the collision.
• Age between 18-45 years, to avoid osteoarthritis and other degenerative problems.
• Minimum 3 in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) according to Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
• Consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) or craniofacial surgeries
• Spinal surgery
• Direct trauma in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) or prior to the accident
• Botox, silicones or any type of cosmetic surgery in the facial region.
• Problems of migraines and tension headaches (pre-accident)
• Any degenerative musculoskeletal disease (fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis)
• Fear of needles
• Any neurological disorder (trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy)
• Pregnancy
• Uncontrolled vascular or metabolic problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

dry needle

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Dry needling