Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2013
Comparison between sensory and motor transcutaneous electrical nervous stimulation on electromyographic and kinesiographic activity of patients with temporomandibular disorder: a controlled clinical trial.
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Comparison Between Sensory and Motor Transcutaneous Electrical Nervous Stimulation on Electromyographic and Kinesiographic Activity of Patients With Temporomandibular Disorder: a Controlled Clinical Trial
ANS Effects of ULF-TENS Stimulation in Patients With and Without TMD
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Characterising the Features of 381 Clinical Studies Evaluating Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: A Secondary Analysis of the Meta-TENS Study to Improve Future Research.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of trigeminal neurostimulation on heart rate variability: comparing cutaneous (Tragus) and tongue (Antero-Dorsal mucosa) stimulation.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- A Device Improves Signs and Symptoms of TMD.Pain research & management · 2019Trial
- Alterations in Surface Electromyography Are Associated with Subjective Masticatory Muscle Pain.Pain research & management · 2019Trial
- Short-term transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation reduces pain and improves the masticatory muscle activity in temporomandibular disorder patients: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of applied oral science : revista FOBTrial
- Eighty-Four-Month Clinical Outcomes of Autologous Dentin Graft Using Tooth TransformerJournal of functional biomaterials · 2025Article
- Use of Surface Electromyography to Evaluate Effects of Therapeutic Methods on Masticatory Muscle Activity in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Finite element analysis of dental structures: the role of mandibular kinematics and model complexity.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation therapy on condylar position and myofascial pain in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders-A pilot clinical trial.Journal of orthodontic science · 2024Article
- Establishment of a new rehabilitation program using masticatory training food for jaw deformity patients.Journal of dental sciences · 2022Article
- Ultra-Low Frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Pain Modulation in a Rat Model with Myogenous Temporomandibular Dysfunction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Neutral zone recording in computer-guided implant prosthesis: A new digital neuromuscular approach.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2019Observational
- Central Sensitization-Based Classification for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Pathogenetic Hypothesis.Pain research & management · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of the present controlled clinical trial was to assess the effect of a single 60 min application of transcutaneous electrical nervous stimulation (TENS) at sensory stimulation threshold (STS), compared to the application of motor stimulation threshold (MTS) as well as to untreatment, on the surface electromyographic (sEMG) and kinesiographic activity of patients with tempormanbibular disorder (TMD).
methodsSixty female subjects, selected according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, suffering from unilateral TMD in remission were assigned to MTS, STS or untreatment. Pre- and post-treatment differences in the sEMG activity of temporalis anterior (TA), masseter (MM), digastric (DA) and sternocleidomastoid muscles (SCM), as well in the interocclusal distance (ID), within group were tested using the Wilcoxon test, while differences among groups were assessed by Kruskal-Wallis test; the level of significance was set at p≤0.05.
resultsSignificant pre- and post-treatment differences were observed in MTS and STS groups, for TA and MM of both sides; no significant difference was detected between MTS and STS groups. Kinesiographic results showed that the vertical component of ID was significantly increased after TENS in MTS and STS groups.
conclusionsSTS TENS could be effective, as well as MTS, in reduce the sEMG activity of masticatory muscles and to improve the ID of TMD patients in remission. Future studies are needed to confirm the results of the present study. Clinical relevance. The present study demonstrates that the application of TENS is effective in reduce the sEMG activity, as well as in increasing the ID of patients with TMD; our study did not support superior effectiveness of MTS or STS.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01832207.
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