Yoga-Based Exercise Program For Temporomandibular Disorders

Medipol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Temporomandibular Joint Pain; Quality of Life; Range of Motion; Temporomandibular Disorders; Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome; Yoga

Treatments: Other: Yoga Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04982601

10840098-07

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aims:The study was conducted to investigate the effect of Yoga-based exercise program on pain, range of motion(ROM), sleep quality, depression and quality of life in female patients with myofascial pain dysfunction(MPD) of temporomandibular disorders .

Methods: MPD will be included in the study. Yoga based exercise program will be performed to the first group as 3 times in a week for 6 weeks. The second group will be the control group. Outcome measurements; pain ,sleep quality, depression and quality of life will be evaluated. Evaluations will be repeated before and 6 weeks after exercise.

Full description

Total 46 female patients between the ages of 20-50 planned to include in the study. In the study, 42 volunteers divided into two groups as yoga group (Group 1) and control group (Group 2). As a result of randomization, those chose 1 were taken in group 1, 2 were included in group 2. Yoga-based exercises performs for 6 weeks and 3 days in a week for the first group. The second group will be taken in the waiting list to be included in the program as a control group.

Yoga-based exercises perform by a physiotherapist has Yoga training, by consisting of 10-person groups, 6 weeks, 3 days in a week for a total of 18 sessions. Yoga-based exercises are Hatha yoga-based sessions consisting of breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, relaxation, asanas exercises and lasts about one hour.

Before the treatment, evaluations made immediately after the 6-weeks exercise program ended. As the primary outcome measures; jaw pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Neck Pain And Disability Scale (NPDS), neck and jaw range of motion (ROM) measurements; for secondary outcome measurements; the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PUQI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Short Form 36 (SF36) are used. All measurements are repeated at the 6th week after yoga application and datas compared with the baseline measurements.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female patients aged 20-50 years diagnosed with MPD(myofascial pain dysfunction) syndrome according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria For Temporomandibular Disorders

Exclusion criteria

• Those with orthopedic problems such as degenerative arthritis and traumatic injuries, took physiotherapy program in the last 3 months and drug users were not included in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Yoga Group

Experimental group

Description:

Yoga-based exercises were performed by a physiotherapist has Yoga training, by consisting of 10-person groups, 6 weeks, 3 days in a week for a total of 18 sessions. Yoga-based exercises are Hatha yoga-based sessions consisting of breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, relaxation, asanas exercises and lasts about one hour. Especially combined movements with upper extremity and neck movements and breathing exercises were used in breathing exercises. In the warm-up exercises, the muscles were extended by giving exercises especially for stretching the muscles. In this way, asanas were prepared. Asanas Ardra kati cahkrasana, padahastasana, trikosana, sasankasana, varaksana poses have been performed. Asanas were modified and applied according to the patient's condition. Relaxation exercises were used both after breathing exercises and at the end of the exercise program. With relaxation, the patients were allowed to leave their muscles relaxed with the whole body relaxation

Treatment:

Other: Yoga Exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No kind of intervention has been applied to control group they awaited for therapy procedure for 6 week. They have assessed at the end of the 6 weeks.