Status:
RECRUITING
A Combined Treatment of Manual Therapy and Nervous Vagus Stimulation in Patients With Myogenic Temporomandibular Disorders
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alcala
Conditions:
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are one of the most important Public Health issues in the world and its incidence has increased over the years. The Physiotherapy and manual therapy techniques has sh...
Detailed Description
The aim of the study is to check whether vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) combined with manual therapy (TM), given its neuroanatomical relationship with the structures involved in pain in the TMJ, is mor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinical diagnosis of myogenic pain according to the CD / TTM diagnostic criteria.
- Presence of pain during the last 30 days.
- Patients with decreased jaw function and mobility due to pain.
- Patients who have not received physiotherapy treatment in the last 3 weeks.
- Patients of legal age.
Exclusion
- Patients with drug treatment: sedatives, anti-inflammatories, antidepressants, anxiolytics or muscle relaxants.
- Patients with cardiac pacemakers and implanted defibrillators. Patients diagnosed with severe cardiorespiratory and / or respiratory diseases, carcinogenic processes, infectious processes and / or systemic pathologies.
- Clinical diagnosis of temporomandibular disorder of joint or mixed origin according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (CD / TMD).
- Patients with psychiatric or psychological disorders, intellectual or motor deficiencies that, due to their nature, prevent them from correctly performing the prescribed exercises, correctly following the physiotherapist's instructions or understanding the questionnaires and / or measurement scales of the variables.
- Patients with dental processes scheduled during the study period or who have undergone surgery in the last 3 months.
- Patients with suspicion or certainty that their pain has appeared as a consequence of a local or general trauma.
- Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain or degenerative diseases
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 15 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05272488
Start Date
August 1 2022
End Date
September 15 2025
Last Update
October 16 2024
Active Locations (3)
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1
Clinical University Physiotherapy and pain
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 2805
2
Martinez-Merinero, Patricia
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 28805
3
Physioterapy and Pain center research
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 28805