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Treatment to control Bruxism in adolescent athletes

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Bruxism, Sleep Bruxism, Facial Pain
Registration Number
RBR-7tc89xr
Lead Sponsor
niversidade de Pernambuco
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Soccer players aged 10-19 years; of both sexes; with definite awake bruxism or possible or probable sleep bruxism associated with a report of orofacial pain or headache

Exclusion Criteria

Adolescents Teenagers with a cognitive and/or neurological disorder or syndrome that makes it impossible to complete the questionnaire. Teenagers who utilize an occlusal splint for the management of bruxism and/or temporomandibular dysfunction or any other treatment for orofacial pain in the last twelve months. Teenagers who have used any medications that may affect motor behavior in the three days leading up to the intervention. Adolescents in use of braces

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Muscle activity: To assess the electromyographic activity of the masticatory muscles (anterior temporalis) utilizing an electromyograph device, where any deviations from the established threshold for each patient are evaluated from the first day of the intervention;Orofacial pain: To assess the frequency and intensity of pain using the DC/TMD diagnostic criteria questionnaire pain module; during the first month of the intervention, the evaluation will be weekly, and after the first month until the end of the 3rd month, the evaluation will be biweekly;Headache: To assess the frequency and intensity of pain using the DC/TMD diagnostic criteria questionnaire pain module; during the first month of the intervention, the evaluation will be weekly, and after the first month until the end of the 3rd month, the evaluation will be biweekly
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Outcomes secondary are not expected
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