Effect of Progressive Neck Motor Control Exercises on Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

NCT06148818 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2025-01-29

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Summary

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of progressive neck motor control exercises on craniocervical pain, posture, function and kinesiophobia in different types of temporomandibular dysfunction. The secondary aim of the study was to examine the differences between the effects of progressive neck motor control exercises on different types of temporomandibular dysfunction.

Conditions

  • Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Progressive neck motor control exercise therapy

The exercise programme will be conducted as a single session two days a week for 6 weeks. The sessions will always be conducted by the same physiotherapist. Each exercise session will consist of 10 minutes of warm-up exercises, 40 minutes of neck motor control exercises and 10 minutes of cool down exercises. Each exercise will be performed as 2 sets of 10 repetitions.

OTHER

Patient education

The content of this education consists of information about the disease and symptoms, chewing recommendations, dietary changes, parafunctional habits, activities to be avoided, posture recommendations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karadeniz Technical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nurhayat Korkmaz, PhDstudent · Karadeniz Technical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-04
Primary Completion
2025-05-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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