ArticleJournal of maxillofacial and oral surgery2023
Effect of Dry Needling on the Masseter Muscle in the Tinnitus Perception of Patients with Temporomandibular Disorder.
Article in Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Dry Needling in Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: A Systematic Review.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnosis-based pathways for conservative and minimally invasive management of temporomandibular disorders: a scoping review.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2026Article
- Dry needling for orofacial pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Pain reports · 2024Review
- Minimally invasive techniques in the management of muscular temporomandibular joint disorders: A five-year observational study.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effect of dry needling on the masseter muscle in the perception of tinnitus in patients with temporomandibular disorder. Methods: Twenty-five patients with tinnitus and muscular temporomandibular disorders were randomly assigned to groups study ( Results: In study group, 76.9% presented a reduction in the intensity and tinnitus discomfort and total THI. In control group, 66.7% presented a decrease in tinnitus intensity and total THI, and 58.3% reported a decrease in tinnitus discomfort. After 90 days, in the study group, 84.6% maintained improvement in pain intensity and reduction in THI score and 69.2% reported improvement in both intensity and discomfort caused by tinnitus. In control group, 75% achieved improvement in pain intensity, 33.2% maintained improvement in tinnitus intensity, and 41.7% maintained improvement in discomfort caused by tinnitus and total THI. In the total THI score, the study group presented improvement ( Conclusion: Dry needling combined with counseling was associated with improvement in pain intensity and tinnitus, decrease in tinnitus discomfort and reduction in total THI score.
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