Comparing the Effectiveness of Online vs. Face-to-face Physiotherapy for Treating Temporomandibular Disorders
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Individual physiotherapy, Group physiotherapy, Online physiotherapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), Orofacial Pain, Temporo-mandibular Dysfunction, Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorder. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hungary
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Comparing the Effectiveness of Online vs. One-on-one vs. Group Physiotherapy for Treating Myogenic Temporomandibular Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
Dentists and physiotherapists have two options for treating these conditions: splint therapy and physiotherapy. Right now, the gold standard is individual physiotherapy, which contains manual therapy and active exercises too. Since not many dentists and physiotherapists are experts in this area, patients have to wait for months or even years to get their treatment. Thanks to social media, patients can find many information about their condition while they are waiting, but it's our responsibility to provide safe and effective information. In view of this situation, our aim is to find out if online or group physiotherapy is as effective as individual physiotherapy.
Interventions
- Procedure Individual physiotherapy
Been included in "arm descriptions" - Procedure Group physiotherapy
Been included in "arm descriptions" - Procedure Online physiotherapy
Been included in "arm descriptions"
Primary outcome measures
- Pain measured at Visual Analogue Scale [Time frame: Before physiotherapy and one month after physiotherapy]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- RDC/TMD results [Time frame: 1 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients with myalgia
Exclusion criteria
- Children, patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (RA, SLE..), previous jaw surgery or trauma
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Hungary · 2 centers
- Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital — Budapest
- Department of Prosthodontics, Semmelweis University — Budapest
Publications
- Basch CH, Yin J, Walker ND, de Leon AJ, Fung IC. TMJ online: Investigating temporomandibular disorders as "TMJ" on YouTube. J Oral Rehabil. 2018 Jan;45(1):34-40. doi: 10.1111/joor.12580. Epub 2017 Oct 24. PMID 28965355
- van der Meer HA, de Pijper L, van Bruxvoort T, Visscher CM, Nijhuis-van der Sanden MWG, Engelbert RHH, Speksnijder CM. Using e-Health in the physical therapeutic care process for patients with temporomandibular disorders: a qualitative study on the perspective of physical therapists and patients. Disabil Rehabil. 2022 Feb;44(4):617-624. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1775900. Epub 2020 Jun 16. PMID 32543903
- Anastassaki Kohler A, Hugoson A, Magnusson T. Prevalence of symptoms indicative of temporomandibular disorders in adults: cross-sectional epidemiological investigations covering two decades. Acta Odontol Scand. 2012 May;70(3):213-23. doi: 10.3109/00016357.2011.634832. Epub 2011 Nov 30. PMID 22126531
- Maixner W, Fillingim RB, Williams DA, Smith SB, Slade GD. Overlapping Chronic Pain Conditions: Implications for Diagnosis and Classification. J Pain. 2016 Sep;17(9 Suppl):T93-T107. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.06.002. PMID 27586833
- Lung J, Bell L, Heslop M, Cuming S, Ariyawardana A. Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders among a cohort of university undergraduates in Australia. J Investig Clin Dent. 2018 Aug;9(3):e12341. doi: 10.1111/jicd.12341. Epub 2018 Mar 31. PMID 29604182
- Jivnani HM, Tripathi S, Shanker R, Singh BP, Agrawal KK, Singhal R. A Study to Determine the Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorders in a Young Adult Population and its Association with Psychological and Functional Occlusal Parameters. J Prosthodont. 2019 Jan;28(1):e445-e449. doi: 10.1111/jopr.12704. Epub 2017 Nov 14. PMID 29135060
- Egészségügyi szakmai irányelv - A temporomandibuláris fájdalom és diszfunkció diagnosztikájáról és terápiájáról 2020
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07474662 · 376/2025