Effects of Physiotherapy Combined with Manual Therapy on Temporomandibular Disorders / 中国康复理论与实践
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
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(12): 1168-1170, 2014.
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em Chinês
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| ID: wpr-457297
ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the effects of physiotherapy and manual therapy on temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Methods 90 patients with TMD were randomly divided into the medicine group (group A, n=30), physiotherapy group (group B, n=30) and physiothera-py combined with manual therapy group (group C, n=30). They were assessed with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain, maximum active mouth opening and joint clicking (100%before treatment) before and 4 weeks after treatment. Results All the patients improved in the pain after treatment (P<0.01), while the group B also improved in the maximum active mouth opening (P<0.01), and the group C improved in all the assessments (P<0.001). The result of all the assessment ranked from better to worse were group C, group B and group A (P<0.001). Con-clusion Physiotherapy combined with manual therapy can improve the pain, the activity of mouth and joint clicking of TMD patients.
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Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
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2014
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