Therapeutic exercises, manual therapy, and health education program for adolescents with temporomandibular disorders: face-to-face and online multimodal rehabilitation protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimodal rehabilitation has shown good results in adults with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), but there is still doubt regarding the protocol's ideal format (face-to-face or online), and its effectiveness among adolescents. The purpose of this study is to describe a randomized clinical trial protocol of face-to-face and online multimodal rehabilitation, in adolescents with TMD, and to determine its effects on pain, peripheral oxygenation of the masseter muscle, and mandibular range of motion, kinesiophobia and parafunction.

Methods

A randomized, controlled clinical trial, blinded to statistical analyses, will be carried out, involving 26 adolescents, diagnosed with TMD. After randomization, the participants will be allocated into two groups: (1) telerehabilita

SUBMITTER: Garrett A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature