Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
The Application of Manual Techniques in Masticatory Muscles Relaxation as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Adding Core Stabilization Training to Orofacial Manuel Therapy in Individuals With Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement With Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Study
Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Myogenic Temporomandibular Disorders and Anxiety: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Comparison of the Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education Combined With Physiotherapy, and Physiotherapy Alone in Temporomandibular Disorders
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Myofascial Release Therapy and Related Soft-Tissue Techniques for Pain in Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Individuals With Myofascial Pain and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Myogenic Temporomandibular Disorders and Anxiety: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
- 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
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- Evaluation of the efficacy of manual soft tissue therapy and therapeutic exercises in patients with pain and limited mobility TMJ: a randomized control trial (RCT).Head & face medicine · 2023Trial
- Bilateral Gum Chewing as Proprioceptive Sensorimotor Re-Education for Patients with Masticatory Muscle Weakness Presenting with Orofacial Pain and Perceived Occlusal Change: A Technical Note with a Retrospective Case Series.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Immediate and short-term effect of manual therapy on masseter muscle: an ultrasonography study.Oral radiology · 2025Article
- Review
- Multimodal Approaches in the Management of Temporomandibular Disorders: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Anterior Disc Displacement of Temporomandibular Joint: Imaging Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Treatment.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- Analysis of the Use of Sample Size and Effect Size Calculations in a Temporomandibular Disorders Randomised Controlled Trial-Short Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Efficacy of massage versus massage with post isometric relaxation in temporomandibular disorders: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Skeletal, dentoalveolar and soft tissue changes after stabilization splint treatment for patients with temporomandibular joint disorders.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- 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
- Intra-Articular Local Anesthetics in Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Temporomandibular Dysfunction: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunctions: A Systematic Review of Treatment Approaches.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- It Is Time for a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Approach: A Scoping Review on Stomatognathic Diseases in Neurological Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of dry needling and instrumental myofascial release on masticatory, facial, and cervical muscles of patients with temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2023Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are primarily characterized by pain as well as disorders concerning the proper functioning of individual elements of the stomatognathic system (SS). The aim of the study was to compare the degree of relaxation of the anterior part of the temporal muscles and the masseter muscles, achieved through the use of post-isometric relaxation and myofascial release methods in patients requiring prosthetic treatment due to temporomandibular joint disorders with a dominant muscular component. Sixty patients who met the inclusion criteria were alternately assigned to one of the two study groups, either group I-patients received post-isometric relaxation treatment (PIR), or group II-patients received myofascial release treatment (MR). The series of ten treatments were performed in both groups. The comparative assessment was based on physiotherapeutic examination, a surface electromyography (sEMG) of the anterior temporal and masseter muscles and the intensity of spontaneous masticatory muscle pain, assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). We observed a significant decrease in the electrical activity of examined muscles and a significant drop in the intensity of spontaneous pain in the masticatory muscles both in group I and II. There were no significant differences between groups. Both therapeutic methods may be used as successful forms of adjunctive therapy in the prosthetic treatment of TMD. The trial was registered with an international clinical trials register.
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