ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021
Effects of Therapeutic and Aerobic Exercise Programs on Pain, Neuromuscular Activation, and Bite Force in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders.
Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05392049 (Comparative Effects of Bowen's and Post Isometric Relaxation Techniques on Pain, Range of Motion and Function in Patients With Temporomandibular Joint Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Comparative Effects of Bowen's and Post Isometric Relaxation Techniques on Pain, Range of Motion and Function in Patients With Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of combined jaw and cervicoscapular exercises on mouth opening and muscle properties in cervical extension type.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Comparative effects of post isometric relaxation technique and Bowen's therapy on pain, range of motion and function in patients with temporomandibular joint disorder.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Association between temporomandibular disorders and somatization: a narrative review.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2026Review
- Yoga for myofascial pain of masticatory muscles - a development and feasibility study.BDJ open · 2025Article
- Personalized Care and Treatment Compliance in Chronic Conditions.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Silencing of TRPV4-expressing sensory neurons attenuates temporomandibular disorders pain.Molecular painArticle
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Abstract
Pain in masticatory muscles is one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and can lead to changes in the patterns of neuromuscular activity of masticatory muscles and decrease in bite force. This study assesses the effects of three eight-week exercise programs on pain intensity, neuromuscular activation, and bite force of masticatory muscles in patients with TMD. Forty-five patients were divided into three groups: a therapeutic exercise program (G1), a therapeutic and aerobic exercise program (G2), and an aerobic exercise program (G3). The masticatory muscles' pain was evaluated using the numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity of the masseter was recorded during maximum voluntary contraction and at rest, and bite force was evaluated using a dynamometer. These parameters were evaluated twice at baseline (A01/A02), at the end of the eight-week intervention period (A1), and 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (A2). After intervention, G2 showed the best results, with a significantly decrease in masticatory muscles' pain and increase in bite force. These results suggest that interventions to reduce pain in patients with TMD should be multimodal.
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