NCT05249686

Effects of Two Different Physical Therapy Protocols After an Endodontic Intervention

Effects of Two Different Physical Therapy Protocols After an Endodontic Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results produced by a manual therapy treatment combined with dry needling (MT+DN) and a manual therapy treatment (TM) versus a control (C), to normalize the altered cervico-mandibular variables after a session of root canal therapy.

Conditions

• Root Canal Therapy
• Endodontically Treated Teeth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Therapy + Dry Needling	Dry Needling: This is a minimally invasive procedure where a fine needle or acupuncture needle is inserted into the skin and muscle in order to stimulate myofascial trigger points (MTrP) provoking one to six local twitch responses (LTR). Manual Therapy Protocol: Intraoral manual techniques were applied to the musculature of both sides, both masseter and medial pterygoid, consisting of both massage and stretching. Furthermore, a grade I-II in the slack-zone traction was applied in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
OTHER	Manual Therapy	Manual Therapy Protocol: Intraoral manual techniques were applied to the musculature of both sides, both masseter and medial pterygoid, consisting of both massage and stretching. Furthermore, a grade I-II in the slack-zone traction was applied in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-07
• Primary completion: 2022-05-07
• Completion: 2022-06-07
• First posted: 2022-02-22
• Last updated: 2022-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain