Effect of acupuncture with needles on the physical and psychological and emotional aspects of patients with problems in the articulation of the jaw.
- Conditions
- Disorders of the temporomandibular articulationDysfunction Syndrome Temporomandibular JointA02.835.583.861K07.6
- Registration Number
- RBR-69ynnw
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Adult volunteers aged 18 years or over; score equal to or greater than 3 in the Triage Questionnaire of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain; with the presence of myofascial pain according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC / TMD).
Volunteers with non-painful temporomandibular disorder according to RDC / TMD; patients with associated diseases: fibromyalgia, facial paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis, mental illness or cognitive deficits that would impede the understanding of some of the stages of the research; pregnant women; with external ear injuries or with immunodepression; carriers of clotting disorders, metabolic, vascular or neoplastic diseases; volunteers submitted to other types of associated therapies - interocclusal apparatus, psychotherapy, physiotherapy, orthodontics, alternative therapies; volunteers who use continuous medication (analgesics, anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants, antidepressants / anxiolytics, anticonvulsants).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decreased pain scores verified by means of the visual analogue scale method, in the assessment of painful sites to muscle and joint palpation submitted to non-parametric statistical analysis, p <0.05, in the comparison between groups<br>Improvement of the psycho-emotional aspects, reduction of depression based on the Depression Scale (DEP) of the Symptoms-Checklist-90 (SCL-90) submitted to non-parametric statistical analysis, p <0.05, in the comparison between the groups<br>Reduction of disability related to chronic pain verified by the Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS) scores submitted to non-parametric statistical analysis, p <0.05, in the comparison between groups<br>Decreased somatization scores verified by non-specific physical symptoms, including and excluding pain, based on the somaticisation domain of Symptoms-Checklist-90 (SCL-90) submitted to non-parametric statistical analysis , p <0.05, in the comparison between groups
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of the non-specific physical symptoms scores evaluated for the treatment groups compared to the control group verified by visual analog scale scores submitted to non-parametric statistical analysis, p <0.05, in the comparison between the groups