Assessment of the Efficacy of a Sensorimotor Approach After Maximum Three Sessions in Subjects With TMD With Hypertonia

Assessment of the Efficacy of a Sensorimotor Approach After Maximum Three Sessions in Subjects With Symptomatic Temporomandibular Dysfunction (TMD) With Hypertonia: A Prospective, Multicenter Case Study.

The study aims to demonstrate the efficacy of the sensorimotor approach developed by A. Piron (taught to the patient in three sessions) regarding three parameters related to TMD: facial pain, functional incapacities and hypertonia.

The subjects in the study are 18 to 77 years old and present the following conditions: a TMD disorder caused or aggravated by hypertonia and responsible for cervico-maxillo-facial pain and/or a functional incapacity in the last 30 days.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Temporomandibular Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Sensorimotor education with a view to obtaining an optimal FWS further to the relaxation of the masticatory, lingual and labial system. Learning of mandibular micro-movements in 5 directions.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 110
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Liège
    • Berneau, Liège, Belgium, 4607
      • Cabinet de Logopédie Liesens-Denis
    • Beyne-Heusay, Liège, Belgium, 4610
      • Cabinet d'Ostéopathie PIRON
    • Saive, Liège, Belgium, 4671
      • Cabinet de groupe LHR
• France
  • Loire-Atlantique
    • Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France, 44100
      • Cabinet d'Ostéopathie Garcion
• Italy
  • Brescia
    • Gussago Bs, Brescia, Italy, 25064
      • ANTONIO BIANCO Ortodontista e Osteopata
  • Torino
    • Robassomero, Torino, Italy, 10070
      • Osteopata MARCO SBARBARO

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 77 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female subjects aged 18 to 77 years old.

Subjects presenting the following 3 characteristics:

1. A TMD disorder (objectivized by the DC/TMD 2014);
2. Facial pain in the last 30 days (objectivized by the Graded Chronic Pain Scale version 2.0 (GCPS v2.0)) and/or functional incapacity (chewing, mobility, verbal and emotional communication) in the last 30 days (objectivized by the Jaw Functional Limitation Scale 20 (JFLS-20));
3. Hypertonia (objectivized by the Oral Behaviors Checklist (OBC) short version and the Explanatory Model Scale).

Subjects who agree to comply with the requirements of the study. Subjects who are of age (and know how to read and write) who have given their informed, explicit consent in advance to any procedure related to the trial, the study or the investigation conducted on human beings, with the objective of developing knowledge specific to the exercise of health care professions, as set out in Royal Decree No. 78 of 10 November 1967 on the practice of the health care professions (Act of 27 December 2005).

Subjects insured under social security.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any subject presenting at least one of the following criteria may not be included:
• Significant medical problems involving the following conditions:

Severe or progressive pathology (psychiatric, neurological, cardiopulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrinological, hematological, neoplastic, infectious, metabolic or allergic).

Any acute trauma of the temporomandibular joint (trauma within the last 72 hours).

Severe anxiety or severe depression, as defined by a score greater than or equal to 15 on the HAD.

• Pregnant women
• Criteria related to prior or concurrent treatments:

Treatment with antipsychotics, anxiolytics, soporifics or muscle relaxants started within the two months preceding the study.

Treatment with intraoral implants during the study or in the two months preceding the study.

- Criteria related to lifestyle: Excessive alcohol consumption (WHO definition: more than two glasses per day for a woman and more than three for a man).

Subjects undergoing withdrawal or taking a replacement substance.

- Criteria related to the subject: Subjects unlikely, in the investigator's view, to comply with the instructions in the protocol.

Subjects unlikely, on the basis of a score <2 to question "C" of the Explanatory Model Scale, to comply with the therapy.

Subjects who had participated in a clinical trial in the previous month or were participating at the time of selection.

Subjects without the linguistic or psychological capacity to understand and sign the informed consent form and complete the psychometric questionnaires and psychological tests.

Exclusion criteria after acceptance in the study:

In addition to becoming aware a posteriori of an error related to the inclusion or exclusion criteria defined above, the therapist may decide to remove a subject before completion of the study.

The motivations for early exit are as follows:

• Subject who no longer agrees to comply with the requirements of the study.
• Occurrence of a major life stressor (score greater than 40 on the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale).
• Need to redirect the subject to a different treatment. Any early exit from the study, whether decided on by the subject, the therapist or both together, will be recorded on a specific document, indicating the date and the reasons for the early exit.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: lifestyle counseling	Behavioral: Sensorimotor education with a view to obtaining an optimal FWS further to the relaxation of the masticatory, lingual and labial system. Learning of mandibular micro-movements in 5 directions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall relief (from 0% to 100%) based on the ratio of "complaint after treatment" to "complaint before treatment". Multiple measurements related to both pain and functional incapacity are aggregated to arrive at one reported value: complaint	Patient's complaint is calculated: By integrating the weighting of both pain (P) and functional incapacity (FI) parameters in the complaint. 11 possibilities: [100% P - 0% FI] OR [90% P - 10% FI] OR [80% P - 20% FI] etc.; Patient's complaint = Pain and/or functional incapacity; Assessement of pain integrates 2 or 3 or 4 parameters: 2 are constant (intensity and frequency), 2 are optional (quality of life and drugs) because some painful patient don't take drug or don't have an altered quality of life. If there are 2 parameters, each = 50%; if 3 parameters, each = 33,3%; if 4 parameters, each = 25%; The scoring of the 4 pain parameters is based on questionnaires: Intensity: GCPS v2.0 (part 1): Score 0 to 100; Frequency (last month): Score 0 to 30; Drug: number of gram of the most specific medication (last month); Quality of life: GCPS v2.0 (part 2): score 0 to 6; Assessement of functional incapacity integrates 1 parameter: the JFLS-20 questionnaire (score from 0 to 200)	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evidence of a change from baseline in the "intensity" component of cervico-maxillo-facial pain (a component of the primary outcome measure), on the basis of a questionnaire called "the Graded Chronic Pain Scale Version 2 (GCPS v2.0) (part 1)".	3 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) > 0 to 10. The scoring = the mean (0 to 100).	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in the "impact on quality of life" component of facial pain (a component of the primary outcome measure), on the basis of questionnaire called "the Graded Chronic Pain Scale Version 2 (GCPS v2.0) (part 2)".	3 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) > 0 to 10 and a 4th question about "how many days did pain keep the patient from doing usual activities" > 0 to 30 days. These 4 questions lead to a incapacity score from 0 to 6	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in the "frequency" component of facial pain (a component of the primary outcome measure), on the basis of a questionnaire developed by the authors.	One question: "During the last 30 days, how many days did you have facial pain?" > 0 to 30 days	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in the "taking the most specific medication for painful attacks" component of facial pain (a component of the primary outcome measure), on the basis of a questionnaire developed by the authors.	One question: "During the last 30 days, which drugs did you take to improve your facial pain?". Only one drug is taken into account: the most specific one used for facial pain > number of gram for the last month.	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in functional incapacity (a component of the primary outcome measure), on the basis of a questionnaire called " the Jaw Functional Limitation Scale (JFLS-20)".	20 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) > 0 to 10. The scoring = the sum (0 to 200).	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in oral behaviors induced by hypertonia, on the basis of a questionnaire developed by the authors and called "the short version of the Oral Behavior Checklist (OBC)".	10 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) > 0 to 4. The scoring = the sum (0 to 40).	Beginning (day 0); during treatment (day 30 and day 90); end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in dysacusis and feelings of dizziness, on the basis of a specific questionnaire developed by the authors.	7 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) > 0 to 4. The scoring = the sum (0 to 28).	Beginning (day 0) and end (day 180)
Evidence of a change from baseline in the patient's compliance with the treatment, on the basis of a questionnaire developed by the authors.	2 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) about both "observation" and "exercices" > 0 to 10. The scoring = the sum (0 to 20).	During treatment (day 30 and day 90) and end (day 180)
Evidence of the patient's subjective impressions of the treatment, on the basis of a questionnaire developed by the authors.	3 Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) about "difficulty of the treatment", "impact of the treatment on the long term" and "treatment easy to use in case of recurrence > 0 to 10. The scoring = the sum (0 to 30).	end (day 180)
Evidence of correlations between the patient's psychological state (assessed with the HAD and SCL-90R) and the therapeutic efficacy of the approach (assessed by the patient's overall relief).	2 questionnaires: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): 7 questions about anxiety (0 to 3)> Scoring = sum (0 to 21) and 7 questions about depression (0 to 3) > Scoring = sum (0 to 21).; Symptom Check-List (SCL 90 R): 90 questions about personality (0 to 4) > Scoring = 9 dimensions of the personality. See if there is a correlation between psychological state and therapeutic efficacy	Beginning (day 0)
Evidence of correlations between the patient's psychological state (assessed with the HAD and SCL-90R) and compliance with the treatment (assessed with a numerical scale created by the team in anticipation of the study).	2 questionnaires: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): 7 questions about anxiety (0 to 3)> Scoring = sum (0 to 21) and 7 questions about depression (0 to 3) > Scoring = sum (0 to 21).; Symptom Check-List (SCL 90 R): 90 questions about personality (0 to 4) > Scoring = 9 dimensions of the personality. See if there is a correlation between psychological state and compliance	Beginning (day 0)
Evidence of the percentage of subjects diagnosed as hypertonic among all the patients diagnosed as having TMD (whether or not included in the study) by tracking the patients with a flowchart developed by the authors.	flowchart filled in by all investigators. At the top of the flowchart: all patients diagnosed TMD. The flowchart integrates all hypertonic patients. See the ratio: hypertonic TMD patients / All TMD patients.	end (day 180)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Osteovox
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: L'HOMME Sébastien, Dentist

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): October 31, 2017
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 13, 2015
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): December 17, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 10, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2017
• Last Verified: April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: TMD; HYPERTONIA; PARAFUNCTIONS; SENSORIMOTOR APPROACH
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Jaw Diseases; Craniomandibular Disorders; Mandibular Diseases; Myofascial Pain Syndromes; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders; Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome; Muscle Hypertonia
• Other Study ID Numbers: B707201525923