Effects of Dry Needling in Patients With Sleep Bruxism and Temporomandibular Disorders: a Prospective Case Series

Myofascial Pain Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02587182
• Other study ID #: CEU-011
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 22, 2015
• Last updated: June 2, 2016
• Start date: June 2015
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: June 2016
• Source: CEU San Pablo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of deep dry needling in the masseter and temporalis MTrPs on pain, pressure pain threshold (PPT), range of motion and disability in patients with sleep bruxism and myofascial temporomandibular disorders.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 17
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of myofascial temporomandibular disorders

• Diagnosis of myofascial trigger point

• Diagnosis of sleep bruxism

Exclusion Criteria:

• insurmountable fear of needles

• any systematic joint or muscle disease

• bleeding disorders or

• prior physical therapy treatment

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Myofascial Pain
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
• Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome

Intervention

Device:
• Deep Dry needling
The muscles were repeatedly perforated by rapidly inserting and partially withdrawing the needle from the myofascial trigger point, eliciting local twitch responses in some insertions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
CEU San Pablo University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain: visual analog scale, ranging from 0mm (no pain) to 100mm (worst imaginable pain).		1 week	Yes
Primary	Pressure pain sensitivity: mechanical pressure algometer.		1 week	Yes
Primary	Range of motion: distance between the upper and lower central dental incisors was measured with a millimeter ruler.		1 week	Yes