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COMPLETEDNANCT04469088

Effectiveness of Dry Needling vs Manual Therapy in Patients With Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TJD) represent a set of conditions that involve pain and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. TJD are a frequent disability affection in the worldwide populat...

Lead sponsor: University of Jaén•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

University of Jaén

Age

18 - 65 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•Pain on palpation of the myofascial trigger points of the masseter, anterior temporal, posterior temporal, external pterygoid and sternocleidomastoid muscles (minimum 3 active trigger points).
•Pain in the temporomandibular joint.
•Limitation of mouth opening.
•Clicking of the temporomandibular joint.

Exclusion Criteria

•Subjects who present any of the following characteristics:
•fibromyalgia, orthodontia, systemic disease, syndrome or pathology with possible joint repercussions, patients undergoing treatment with NSAIDs, jaw fracture, mandibular surgery, non-collaborative patients or patients with phobia needles.

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: June 1, 2022Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusCOMPLETED

PhaseNA

Enrollment46

Start dateAug 2020

Last updatedJun 1, 2022

Condition

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Dry Needling Musculoskeletal Manipulations

Locations shown

Clínica de Fisioterapia y Rehabilitación Miophys S.C.A.

Córdoba

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: June 1, 2022Data synced to Clareo: May 3, 2026

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