The Effect Of Core Stability Training In Temporomandibular Disorders

February 12, 2021 updated by: Emre Serdar Atalay, Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

The Effect Of Core Stability Training on Pain, Function and Quality of Life in Individuals With Temporomandibular Disorders

This study is to investigate the effect of Core stability training on pain, function, quality of life, sleep quality, body posture, foot posture, oral habits and kinesiophobia in individuals with temporomandibular disorder.

Materials and Methods: The study included 40 people over the age of 18, who were diagnosed with temporomandibular disorder from the dentist.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

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

    • Uskudar
      • İ̇stanbul, Uskudar, Turkey, 34668
        • University and Health Sciences Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

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 55 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and female patients aged 18-55, diagnosed with temporomandibular disease by a dentist

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having received another treatment for TMR other than the use of night plate in the last 6 months
  • Having a disease that can cause facial pain such as sinusitis, migraine, tension headache, trigeminal neuralgia
  • Skeletal system fractures

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: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Control Group
Exercises for Temporomandibular Disorders
Experimental: Core stability Group
Core stability exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Posture
Time Frame: 6 weeks
New York Posture Scale
6 weeks
Sleep Quality
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index
6 weeks
Kinesiophobia
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia for Temporomandibular Disorders (TSK-TMD)
6 weeks
Oral Habits
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Oral Behavior Checklist
6 weeks
Jaw Function
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Jaw Functional Limitation Scale-20
6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Foot Posture
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Foot Posture Index-6
6 weeks
Graded Pain
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Graded Chronic Pain Scale
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Study Director: Emre Serdar Atalay, PhD, University of Health Sciences, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

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 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 12, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

February 16, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 16, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 12, 2021

Last Verified

February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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