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Lifestyle Counseling vs. Clinical Pilates in Women With Temporomandibular Disorders

NCT07345351 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle counseling alone compared to lifestyle counseling combined with Clinical Pilates in women with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). The study also aims to examine the effects of these interventions on pain, jaw function, posture, oral behaviors, psychological status, sleep quality, and quality of life.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

Does adding Clinical Pilates to lifestyle counseling reduce pain levels in women with TMD more than lifestyle counseling alone?

Does the combined intervention improve jaw function, head posture, and oral behaviors?

What are the effects of these interventions on anxiety, sleep quality, and quality of life?

Researchers will compare lifestyle counseling alone with lifestyle counseling combined with a supervised Clinical Pilates program to determine whether the addition of Clinical Pilates provides greater clinical and psychosocial benefits.

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:

* Receive lifestyle counseling only (control group), or
* Participate in a supervised Clinical Pilates program twice weekly for 8 weeks in addition to lifestyle counseling (intervention group)

Undergo assessments at baseline (before any intervention) and after completion of the interventions.

Outcome measures will include assessments of pain, jaw function, posture, oral behaviors, psychological status, sleep quality, and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Counseling
  • Health Counseling
  • Behavior Therapy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Life Counselling

Participants receive individualized lifestyle counseling focused on stress management, physical activity, and sleep hygiene. Counseling sessions are conducted weekly for 8 weeks, delivered by a trained healthcare professional. The aim is to improve overall health behaviors related to temporomandibular disorder symptoms.

BEHAVIORAL

Clinical Pilates

Participants receive the same lifestyle counseling described above, combined with supervised clinical Pilates sessions. Pilates exercises focus on strengthening the core and improving posture and jaw function, conducted twice weekly for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mustafa Kemal University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-17
Primary Completion
2025-10-17
Completion
2026-06-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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