Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02587182
Effects of Dry Needling in Patients With Sleep Bruxism and Temporomandibular Disorders: a Prospective Case Series
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 17 (actual)
- Sponsor
- CEU San Pablo University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The objective of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of deep dry needling in the masseter and temporalis MTrPs on pain, pressure pain threshold (PPT), range of motion and disability in patients with sleep bruxism and myofascial temporomandibular disorders.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Deep Dry needling | The muscles were repeatedly perforated by rapidly inserting and partially withdrawing the needle from the myofascial trigger point, eliciting local twitch responses in some insertions |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-11-01
- Completion
- 2015-11-01
- First posted
- 2015-10-27
- Last updated
- 2016-06-03
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02587182. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.