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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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