1. Effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome
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Peter Nicolakis, Eva Piehslinger, M. Nicolakis, Veronika Fialka-Moser, Andreas Kopf, and B. Erdogmus
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Posture ,Osteoarthritis ,Relaxation Therapy ,Statistics, Nonparametric ,Quality of life ,Facial Pain ,medicine ,Humans ,Range of Motion, Articular ,Adverse effect ,General Dentistry ,Pain Measurement ,Analysis of Variance ,Chi-Square Distribution ,Relaxation (psychology) ,business.industry ,Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome ,medicine.disease ,Exercise Therapy ,Surgery ,Clinical trial ,Treatment Outcome ,Anesthesia ,Quality of Life ,Female ,Analysis of variance ,business ,Range of motion ,Chi-squared distribution - Abstract
Twenty consecutive patients suffering from myofascial pain dysfunction (MPD) were assigned to a waiting-list, serving as a no-treatment control period. Inclusion criteria were: (i) pain in the temporomandibular region for at least 3 months, (ii) no evidence of internal derangement or osteoarthritis and (iii) symptoms of postural dysfunction. Treatment consisted of active and passive jaw movement exercises, correction of body posture and relaxation techniques. The following main outcome measures were evaluated: (i) pain at rest, (ii) pain at stress, (iii) impairment, (iv) mouth opening at base-line, before and after treatment and at 6-month follow-up. All patients completed the study and no adverse effects occurred. During control period no significant changes occurred. After treatment six patients had no pain at all (chi-square: P
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- 2002