Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy for TMJ Dysfunction After Facial Penetrating Injury

Kafrelsheikh University

Status: Completed

Conditions: TMJ Disorder

Treatments: Other: TMJ physical therapy program; Device: Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy (PEMFT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04561037

001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is aiming to investigate the effect of magnetic therapy in combination with traditional physical therapy on the pain and mouth opening, after facial penetrating wound injury with no facial fractures, that treated conservatively

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• TMJ pain and mouth opening limitation after 1 month of facial penetrating wound injury as the wound is fully healed.
• TMJ pain (in 1 or both joints) after facial penetrating wound injury.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient excluded from the study if they had one of the following:
• TMJ fracture or dislocation
• Previous TMJ surgeries
• Dental diseases
• Infectious or systemic diseases
• Pregnancy
• Malignancy
• Pacemaker or metal implants
• Systemic diseases that affect joint function such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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33 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control group patients received traditional physical therapy treatment. The traditional physical therapy treatment program consisted of TMJ mobilization techniques include distraction, anterior glide, anterior glide with pre-positioned mouth opening, medial/lateral glides, caudal-anterior-medial (CAM) glide, and CAM glide with pre-positioned mouth opening and isometric exercises against resistance for muscles of mastication.

Treatment:

Other: TMJ physical therapy program

Study Group

Experimental group

Description:

Study group patients received PEMFT, using EMG 8400 PEMF device (made in Italy, by EME) in addition to physical therapy treatment program.

Treatment:

Device: Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy (PEMFT)