The effect of TMJ and upper cervical spine manual therapy in patients with somatic tinnitus
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M958- Other specified acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/03/024394
- Lead Sponsor
- Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed to be University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Somatic tinnitus patients as per diagnostic criteria which should be stable for past three months.
2.It can be unilateral or bilateral with normal hearing.
3.Age group between 18 to 35 years.
•Tinnitus which is associated by teeth or jaw manipulation.
•Increase in the severity of tinnitus during poor posture while rest, working, walking or sleeping.
•Trigger points located on masseters, temporalis, sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius, lateral pterygoid, splenius capitis, infraspinatus, levator scapulae, scalenus medius and digastrics.
1.Underlying cause of tinnitus is Ear, nose and throat pathology.
2.Neurological abnormalities.
3.Patients who are unable to fill the questionnaire due to language problem or blindness.
•Patients who cannot follow commands.
•Intracranial pathology.
•Trauma of cervical spine or temporomandibular joint in past six months.
•Suffering from fibromyalgia.
•Had gone for head and neck physical therapy in past twelve months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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