Effect of Manual Therapy and Splint Therapy in People with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Preliminary Study.

ABSTRACT: Isolated manual therapy techniques (MT) have shown beneficial effects in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) but the effect of the combination of such techniques, together with the well-stablished splint therapy (ST) remains to be elucidated. This study was conducted to ascertain whether a combined program of MT techniques, including intraoral treatment, plus traditional ST improves pain and clinical dysfunction in subjects with TMD. A preliminary trial was conducted. 16 participants were assigned to either the MT plus ST-Experimental Group (EG, n = 8) or the ST alone-Control Group (CG, n = 8). Forty-five minute sessions of combined MT techniques were performed, once a week for four weeks. Three evaluations were conducted: baseline, post-treatment, and one-month follow-up. Outc

SUBMITTER: Espi-Lopez GV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7463644 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature