NCT03556150

Effectiveness of a Manual Therapy Protocol in Patients With Masticatory Muscle Disorders

Effectiveness of a Manual Therapy Protocol in Patients With Masticatory Muscle Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alcala · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Comparing the efficiency between manual therapy protocol and effleurage in patients with temporomandibular disorders.

Detailed description

The investigators want to get better insights into the outcome of a manual therapy protocol compare with effleurage. The treatment is meant for people who has masticatory muscle disorders. Besides, if the trial can reduce the pain's intensity and the trial can improve range of motion in the dysfunction of temporomandibular joint. The results will be register on the short and long term.

Conditions

• Temporomandibular Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Therapy protocol	This protocol consists of: * Six minutes of joint's mobilisation (two minutes of each technique). * Nine minutes of ischemic pressure . Three minutes per muscle in this order: temporal muscle, masseter muscle and lateral pterygoid. Choosing the two most painful trigger points. * Three minutes of trigemino's nerve stretching.
OTHER	Effleurage	The protocol consists of: * Five minutes in temporal muscle. * Ten minutes superficial massage in the neck and cheek of the most painful joint. * Five minutes of effleurage in the cheek, with the index finger inside the mouth and the thumb outside.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-15
• Primary completion: 2018-09-03
• Completion: 2018-09-03
• First posted: 2018-06-14
• Last updated: 2018-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain