Progressive neck motor control exercise therapyPatient education
Progressive neck motor control exercise therapy: The exercise programme will be conducted as a single session two days a week for 6 weeks. The sessions will always be conducted by the same physiotherapist. Each exercise session will consist of 10 minutes of warm-up exercises, 40 minutes of neck motor control exercises and 10 minutes of cool down exercises. Each exercise will be performed as 2 sets of 10 repetitions.
Patient education: The content of this education consists of information about the disease and symptoms, chewing recommendations, dietary changes, parafunctional habits, activities to be avoided, posture recommendations.
Study summary
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of progressive neck motor control exercises on craniocervical pain, posture, function and kinesiophobia in different types of temporomandibular dysfunction. The secondary aim of the study was to examine the differences between the effects of progressive neck motor control exercises on different types of temporomandibular dysfunction.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria:
* 18 to 55 years old,
* Temporomandibular joint-related complaints for at least 3 months,
* Temporomandibular dysfunction is diagnosed as a result of clinical and radiological evaluation by the dentist,
* Neck pain of 3 or more according to the numeric pain scale
Exclusion Criteria:
* Cognitive problems,
* The one with the splint,
* Those who have used painkillers or muscle relaxants for temporomandibular dysfunction complaints in the last 1 week,
* With any systematic joint or muscle disease (e.g. fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis),
* Those with serious systemic diseases,
* Any neurological disorder (e.g. trigeminal neuralgia),
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding,
* Treated for Temporomandibular joint or orofacial muscle pain in the last 3 months,
* Has undergone an operation/trauma to the cervical region and/or temporomandibular joint,
* Positive vertebrobasilar artery test
Primary outcome measure(s)
Fonseca Anamnestic Index — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Temporomandibular Dysfunction Severity
Numeric Pain Scale — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Pain, 0: No pain, 10: Maximum pain
Pressure pain threshold — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Pressure pain threshold
Range of motion — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Temporomandibular joint and neck range of motion
Joint position error test — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Cervical proprioception
Endurance — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Deep neck flexor endurance
Photographic Posture Analysis — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of head and neck posture
Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire — 1st, sixth week, first mont Assessment of Mandibular Function
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Karadeniz Technical University
Trabzon
Turkey (Türkiye)
Recruiting
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