Effect of Massage Treatment in Temporomandibular Joint (TMD)

October 18, 2019 updated by: Dr. Merve Benli, Istanbul University

Effect of Massage Treatment in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorder

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have multiple and broad clinical effects on orofacial structures and are often diagnosed in patients with a prevalence of between 5% and 12%. Among treatment options, massage therapy is one of the common therapeutic procedures and allows interesting clinical outcomes by reducing TMD symptoms successfully. However, there has been no attempt to validate this knowledge. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of massage and its properties in patients with TMD.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

90

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Fatih, Turkey, 34452
        • Istanbul university,Faculty of Dentistry

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Temporomandibular disorder-positive RDC/TMD examination for groups RDC/TMD Ia and RDC/TMD Ib,
  2. Patient agreement to participate in the experimental study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. RDC/TMD II and RDC/TMDIII,
  2. Drug and/or removable partial or total prosthesis wearers,
  3. Being submitted to any type of physiotherapeutic treatment,
  4. Incomplete dentition,
  5. History of systemic diseases as diabetes or arthritis,
  6. The occurrence of facial trauma,
  7. Refusal to assume responsibility with this research.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
no treatment
Experimental: Test
Experimental group which employed with massage treatment
Other: Massage therapy
Massage therapy performed by a physiotherapist
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo group which employed with non-effective treatment
Other: non-effective treatment
non-effective treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pain- Visual Analog Scale
Time Frame: 12 weeks-14 weeks
Self-reported pain values. High scores for pain mean worse outcome for the study.
12 weeks-14 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Istanbul University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Merve Benli, Dr., Istanbul University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 17, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 23, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

October 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 16, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 18, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

October 21, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 21, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 18, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 192021

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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