Trial reportJournal of oral & facial pain and headache2022
Immediate Effect of Ultrasound on Bilateral Masseter Myalgia: A Randomized Dose-Response Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Journal of oral & facial pain and headache, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Comparative effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound and pharmacotherapy in the management of muscular temporomandibular disorders: a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of continuous and pulse mode of ultrasound therapy in temporomandibular disorders associated myalgia-a randomized controlled study.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025Trial
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Abstract
aims(1) To determine the dose-response relationship of therapeutic ultrasound for TMD-related pain in the masseter muscle among four doses comprised of two intensities (0.4 W/cm
methodsA total of 28 adult women with bilateral myalgia were randomly allocated to one of the four intervention doses. Therapeutic ultrasound was applied on each side of the masseter sequentially for 5 minutes. The following outcomes were measured before and immediately after each intervention: self-reported pain score, pressure pain thresholds for the masseter and temporalis muscles, and intraoral temperature adjacent to the treated masseter.
resultsSelf-reported pain scores showed neither significant main effects nor significant interaction among the intensity or duty cycle doses (all P > .05). The change in the pressure pain threshold of the masseter showed a significant interaction (P = .02) attributed to the 0.4 W/cm
conclusionThere was an increase in the pressure pain threshold of the painful masticatory muscles and an increase in intraoral temperature adjacent to the treated area immediately after the use of ultrasound at 0.4 W/cm
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