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Effects of Mandibular Exercises Effect on Pain Perception and Sensitivity in Mandibular Myofascial Pain

NCT03339739 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2017-11-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The effectiveness of mandibular exercises as a treatment of muscular Orofacial Pain is yet unknown. This study hypothesized that training exercises can be an effective therapy improving pain perception.

Conditions

  • Temporomandibular Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Isometric mandibular exercises

daily video guided three-minutes routine in 21 days (days of OC consumption) of soft clenching over three millimeters silicone bars bilaterally on molars

OTHER

Isotonic mandibular exercises

daily video guided three-minutes routine in 21 days (days of OC consumption) of isotonic dynamic contraction over calibrated cloth pegs on central incisors

BEHAVIORAL

Counseling group

subjects included in this group get an education brochure about the disorder and receive no further interventions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Nacional Andres Bello

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juan F Oyarzo, Prof · Universidad Andres Bello

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
26 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-18
Primary Completion
2016-12-06
Completion
2016-12-30

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