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Effectiveness of a Manual Therapy Protocol in Patients With Masticatory Muscle Disorders

NCT03556150 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-09-05

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Summary

Comparing the efficiency between manual therapy protocol and effleurage in patients with temporomandibular disorders.

Conditions

  • Temporomandibular Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Therapy protocol

This protocol consists of: * Six minutes of joint's mobilisation (two minutes of each technique). * Nine minutes of ischemic pressure . Three minutes per muscle in this order: temporal muscle, masseter muscle and lateral pterygoid. Choosing the two most painful trigger points. * Three minutes of trigemino's nerve stretching.

OTHER

Effleurage

The protocol consists of: * Five minutes in temporal muscle. * Ten minutes superficial massage in the neck and cheek of the most painful joint. * Five minutes of effleurage in the cheek, with the index finger inside the mouth and the thumb outside.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alcala

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Beatriz M. Bravo, Physiotherapy · Investigator

  • Inmaculada T. Tejada, Physiotherapy · Investigator

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-15
Primary Completion
2018-09-03
Completion
2018-09-03

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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