NCT04982601

Yoga-Based Exercise Program For Temporomandibular Disorders

Evaluation of Yoga-Based Exercise Program for Females With Temporomandibular Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medipol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aims:The study was conducted to investigate the effect of Yoga-based exercise program on pain, range of motion(ROM), sleep quality, depression and quality of life in female patients with myofascial pain dysfunction(MPD) of temporomandibular disorders . Methods: MPD will be included in the study. Yoga based exercise program will be performed to the first group as 3 times in a week for 6 weeks. The second group will be the control group. Outcome measurements; pain ,sleep quality, depression and quality of life will be evaluated. Evaluations will be repeated before and 6 weeks after exercise.

Detailed description

Total 46 female patients between the ages of 20-50 planned to include in the study. In the study, 42 volunteers divided into two groups as yoga group (Group 1) and control group (Group 2). As a result of randomization, those chose 1 were taken in group 1, 2 were included in group 2. Yoga-based exercises performs for 6 weeks and 3 days in a week for the first group. The second group will be taken in the waiting list to be included in the program as a control group. Yoga-based exercises perform by a physiotherapist has Yoga training, by consisting of 10-person groups, 6 weeks, 3 days in a week for a total of 18 sessions. Yoga-based exercises are Hatha yoga-based sessions consisting of breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, relaxation, asanas exercises and lasts about one hour. Before the treatment, evaluations made immediately after the 6-weeks exercise program ended. As the primary outcome measures; jaw pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Neck Pain And Disability Scale (NPDS), neck and jaw range of motion (ROM) measurements; for secondary outcome measurements; the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PUQI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Short Form 36 (SF36) are used. All measurements are repeated at the 6th week after yoga application and datas compared with the baseline measurements.

Conditions

• Temporomandibular Disorders
• Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome
• Temporomandibular Joint Pain
• Range of Motion
• Yoga
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yoga Exercises	Yoga-based exercises are Hatha yoga-based sessions consisting of breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, relaxation, asanas exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-07
• Primary completion: 2019-06-07
• Completion: 2020-06-07
• First posted: 2021-07-29
• Last updated: 2021-07-29