Medicine versus physiotherapy machine treatment for muscle pain of face.

Phase 4

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: K088- Other specified disorders of teethand supporting structures

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/06/068987
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Shah Nida Mujibur Rahman

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 24 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients of either gender above 21 years of age.

2. Patients having complaint of masticatory muscle pain.

3. Pain and tenderness in the masticatory muscles on palpation.

4. Patients who have not received any treatment for Myofascial pain, 3 months before the

research participation.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pain of non-muscular origin (Dental, vascular or neural).

2. Patients presenting with tenderness of temporomandibular joint on palpation.

3. Completely edentulous patients or multiple missing teeth.

4. Patients having epileptic attacks and seizures.

5. Patients of known case of peptic ulcer.

6. Patients mentally retarded or having neuromuscular problem.

7. Patients on pacemakers, cochlear implants or metallic implants (as TENS can alter or adversely

affect the function of pacemakers).

8. Patients with cardiac abnormalities (TENS can modify the cardiac impulse).

9. Pregnant patients (TENS is contraindicated because it can cause preterm labour).

10. Patients showing any allergy to lubricating gel used in TENS therapy.

11. Patients with known allergy to chlorzoxazone, ibuprofen, paracetamol will be excluded.

12. Patients who do not give informed consent will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified