NCT03619889

The Effectiveness of a Physiotherapy Technique in Patients With Chronic Myofascial Temporomandibular Disorder

The Effectiveness of the Pressure Release Technique on Masticatory and Neck Muscle Trigger Points in Patients With Chronic Myofascial Temporomandibular Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Participants with chronic orofacial pain caused by masticatory and neck muscles will be distributed in two groups, both followed with the same occlusal and self-care treatment. The experimental group will receive 5 sessions of physiotherapy applying a specific pressure on the trigger points while the control group will receive placebo through a simulation of the same technique. Orofacial perceived pain, pain pressure thresholds, catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, cervical disability, depression and anxiety will be evaluated at baseline, immediately after treatment and 3 months later.

Conditions

• Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Temporomandibular Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual pressure release technique on trigger points.	A specific pressure is applied on trigger points of masticatory and neck muscles between pain pressure threshold and pain tolerance (7-8 visual analog scale).
OTHER	Sham	A simulated pressure release technique is applied around masticatory and neck muscles.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-01
• Completion: 2017-09-30
• First posted: 2018-08-08
• Last updated: 2020-03-20
• Results posted: 2019-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain