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Manual Therapy Effectivity and Exercises in Musicians

NCT04977349 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

Orofacial pain is one of the most common dysfunctions among wind musicians, a population with a high incidence of temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Regarding the treatment of TMD, the efficacy of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise has been studied, but there is a lack of high quality research supporting its implementation. There is, however, an agreement on the need of combining the treatment of the temporomandibular joint and the cervical spine, due to their close biomechanical relation.

Aims of the study: To analyse the efficacy of an evidence-based manual therapy protocol alone or in combination with an exercise program on the treatment of orofacial pain during musical practice on wind musicians. Furthermore, this study aims at observing whether if said treatment is more effective in the short, medium, or long term, and which variables are the most influenced.

Conditions

  • Orofacial Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Therapy

This group will be treated by manual therapy: suboccipital inhibition, myofascial extracavitary treatment in (superior trapezius fibers, ECOM, masseter and temporalis) and intracavitary muscles (medialis and lateral pterygoid muscles).

OTHER

Exercise program

Isometric exercises for: cranial protrusion, mouth opening, laterality cervical movement and cervical coordination by laser assessment. And the manual therapy from the Active Comparator group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Prof. Dr. Daniel Pecos Martín

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-10
Completion
2026-04-10

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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