NCT05927545

Efficacy of Manuel Therapy and BETY in Patients With Temporomandibular Dysfunction Related Headache

The Efficacy of Manual Therapy and BETY on Headache and Quality of Life in Patients With Temporomandibular Dysfunction Related Headache

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hasan Kalyoncu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of Manual Therapy and the Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach treatment in patients with TMD-related headaches.

Detailed description

60 subjects with TMD-related headaches, according to ICHD-3, will be included in the study after the voluntary consent form will be filled out. Subjects will randomly be divided into 3 groups according to the order. Group 1: Patient education and exercise group: The patients in this group will be taught an exercise program after general education. Education training program about parafunctional activities of TMD and active exercises for masticatory and neck muscles. Patients will be asked to complete and follow-up home exercises for 30-45 minutes once a day, 5 days a week for 8 weeks. The continuity of the exercises will be ensured by sending reminder messages to this group of patients about doing their exercises once a week by the physiotherapist. Group 2; Manuel Therapy group: This group will receive the same patient education and exercises additionally manual therapy program which is planned to last 45 minutes will be applied twice a week, for 8 weeks. Group 3; BETY group: This group will receive the same patient education and exercises in addition BETY approach, which is the Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach treatment, will be applied in 2 sessions a week for 45 minutes and a total of 8 weeks of treatment.

Conditions

• Temporomandibular Disorders
• Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Patient education and preventive exercise	Educational training program and prevention exercises about temporomandibular dysfunction in patients with temporomandibular dysfunction-associated headaches.
PROCEDURE	Patient education, preventive exercise combined with Manual Therapy protocol	Manual therapy program combined with the educational training program and prevention exercise about temporomandibular dysfunction in patients with temporomandibular dysfunction-associated headaches.
PROCEDURE	Patient education, preventive exercise combined with BETY approach	BETY therapy program combined with the educational training program and prevention exercise about temporomandibular dysfunction in patients with temporomandibular dysfunction-associated headaches.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-02-25
• Completion: 2025-05-25
• First posted: 2023-07-03
• Last updated: 2025-09-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)