Comparing the Effectiveness of Online vs. Face-to-face Physiotherapy for Treating Temporomandibular Disorders

ConditionsTemporomandibular Disorders (TMD)Orofacial Pain Temporo-mandibular Dysfunction Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorder TMD/Orofacial Pain Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs)

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorSemmelweis University

About this trial

Dentists and physiotherapists have two options for treating these conditions: splint therapy and physiotherapy. Right now, the gold standard is individual physiotherapy, which contains manual therapy and active exercises too. Since not many dentists and physiotherapists are experts in this area, patients have to wait for months or even years to get their treatment. Thanks to social media, patients can find many information about their condition while they are waiting, but it's our responsibility to provide safe and effective information. In view of this situation, our aim is to find out if online or group physiotherapy is as effective as individual physiotherapy.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients with myalgia

Disqualifiers

Children, patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (RA, SLE..), previous jaw surgery or trauma

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

Individual physiotherapy
Procedure/Surgery
Been included in "arm descriptions"
Group physiotherapy
Procedure/Surgery
Been included in "arm descriptions"
Online physiotherapy
Procedure/Surgery
Been included in "arm descriptions"

Treatment groups

90 Participants

are divided into 3 treatment groups

Group A: Online physiotherapyExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Group B: Group physiotherapyExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Group C: Individual physiotherapyActive comparator 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Pain measured at Visual Analogue Scale

We will examine the level of pain experienced by patients at rest and when opening their mouths before and after the procedure.

Time frame

Before physiotherapy and one month after physiotherapy

Secondary outcomes

RDC/TMD results

Dentists reassess patients after 1 month using the RDC/TMD

Time frame

1 month

Sponsors and contacts

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Semmelweis University

Lead sponsor

Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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