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Stretching Exercises and Temporomandibular Disorders

NCT00993577 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2009-10-30

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Summary

To compare the efficacy of global postural reeducation (GPR) with static stretching exercises (SS) in the treatment of women with temporomandibular disorders (TMD).

Physical therapy is of importance in the treatment of myogenic temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Both stretching exercise and global posture reeducation are equally effective in the treatment of TMD.

Conditions

  • Temporomandibular Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Stretching exercises

Treatment consisted of eight individual sessions (once a week), over two months. At the first 10 minutes of sessions, patients rested (supine position) with all limbs relaxed. Manual therapy maneuvers were made as described by Bienfait,17 associated to breathing exercises, in order to stretch the fasciae that recover the shoulders, as well as the cervical spine muscles. After that, stretching treatment (global or static) was conducted for another 30 minutes.

DEVICE

Stretching exercises

Treatment consisted of eight individual sessions (once a week), over two months. At the first 10 minutes of sessions, patients rested (supine position) with all limbs relaxed. Manual therapy maneuvers were made as described by Bienfait,17 associated to breathing exercises, in order to stretch the fasciae that recover the shoulders, as well as the cervical spine muscles. After that, stretching treatment (global or static) was conducted for another 30 minutes.

DEVICE

Exercises

Treatment consisted of eight individual sessions (once a week), over two months. At the first 10 minutes of sessions, patients rested (supine position) with all limbs relaxed. Manual therapy maneuvers were made as described by Bienfait,17 associated to breathing exercises, in order to stretch the fasciae that recover the shoulders, as well as the cervical spine muscles. After that, stretching treatment (global or static) was conducted for another 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2006-07-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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