NCT01586598

Sensory Retraining Facilitates Sensory Recovery After Mandibular Nerve Injury

Sensory Retraining Exercise Facilitates Sensory Recovery After Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether sensory retraining exercise could improve lip numbness caused by bilateral sagittal split of mandible.

Detailed description

The study is a prospective randomized controlled trial. The patients receiving bilateral sagittal split osteotomy and having lip numbness or paraesthesia will be included in this study. 80 patients will be included and randomized into two groups and there are 40 patients in each group. The control group is to maintain follow up in clinic and do not receive any sensory retraining exercise. The experimental group is requested to perform sensory retraining at home by themselves.

Conditions

• Injury of Trigeminal Nerve
• Surgery
• Mandibular Prognathism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	sensory retraining protocol	1. within one month after the surgery: facial massage and physical stimulation over lower face and lip, four times (20 minutes each time) a day 2. one to three months after the surgery: brush and physical stimulation over lower face and lip, four times (20 minutes each time) a day 3. three to six months after the surgery: brush, pin and physical stimulation over lower face and lip, four times (20 minutes each time) a day

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2012-04-27
• Last updated: 2012-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan