aserpuncture in Temporomandibular Disorders

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Facial Pain; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders; C05.500.607.221.897.

• Registration Number: RBR-6k6gv65
• Lead Sponsor: financiamento Próprio

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Adult volunteers of both sexes, aged 18 to 60 years, with pain due to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of mixed origin. TMD will be diagnosed by the DC\TMD Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (Schiffman, 2014). The mandibular functional limitation questionnaires (JFLS: Jaw Functional Limitation Scale); evaluation of the volunteer's emotional alteration with the questionnaire (PHQ-4: Distress (Depression & Anxiety)) and the evaluation of oral behaviors by the OBC questionnaire: Oral Behaviors Checklist, will be completed and then the clinical diagnosis of myofacial pain with impairment will be made. of the ATM, characterizing the mixed DTM.

Exclusion Criteria

Volunteers who use a myorelaxant plate, medication such as analgesics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs, pregnant women, temporomandibular joint arthropathy, recent jaw trauma and rheumatoid arthritis

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The outcome will be to verify if the stimulation of acupoints with low power laser light will be effective in the management of pain in volunteers with TMD of mixed origin, when acupoints located far from the face are stimulated.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluate the volunteer's expectation and satisfaction following the Likert scale; to assess self-reported orofacial pain, pressure pain in the central bundle masseter muscles and anterior bundle temporal muscle and change in mouth opening, using the VAS scale; assess mandibular functional limitation using the mandibular functional limitation questionnaire (JFLS: Jaw Functional Limitation Scale); to evaluate the volunteer's emotional alteration through the questionnaire (PHQ-4: Distress (Depression & Anxiety)) and to evaluate the oral behaviors through the OBC questionnaire: Oral Behaviors Checklist.