MASSETER MUSCLE EVALUATION AFTER TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT ARTHROCENTESIS

ConditionTemporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age18-40

Sponsorsema kaya

About this trial

ULTRASONOGRAPHIC AND ELASTOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE MASSETER MUSCLE AFTER TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT ARTHROCENTESIS

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adults aged 18-40 years.

Patients diagnosed with temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

Patients scheduled to undergo temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis.

Ability to undergo ultrasonographic and strain elastographic evaluation of the masseter muscle.

Disqualifiers

Previous temporomandibular joint surgery.

History of trauma, cyst, tumor, or infection involving the temporomandibular joint or masseter muscle.

Neuromuscular disorders affecting the masticatory muscles.

Systemic diseases or medications that may affect masseter muscle thickness or elasticity.

Trial population

Adults aged 18-40 years with temporomandibular joint dysfunction who present to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Van Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Dentistry and are indicated for unilateral temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis as part of routine clinical care.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT ARTHROCENTESIS
Procedure/Surgery
Temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis performed as part of routine clinical care. Ultrasonographic and strain elastographic assessments of the masseter muscle are performed before and after the procedure.

Treatment groups

50 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: PATIENTS WITH TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION UNDERGOING ARTHROCENTESIS1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

CHANGE IN MASSETER MUSCLE THICKNESS MEASURED BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY

Time frame

Baseline (before temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis) and 3 months after temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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sema kaya

Lead sponsor

Yuzuncu Yil University

Sponsor institution

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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