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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: C000000365

Registered date:01/04/2006

Randomized controlled clinical trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic muscle pain in head, neck and shoulder regions.

Basic Information

Recruitment status
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedTemporomandibular Disorders (TMD)
Date of first enrollment2006/03/01
Target sample size166
Countries of recruitmentJapan
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)Cognitive behavioral therapy only Cognitive behavioral therapy and stabilization splint therapy

Outcome(s)

Primary OutcomeEffective rate of visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain in masticatory muscle. (Effective: VAS decreased more than 50 % of the initial degree.)
Secondary Outcome

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum16years-old
Age maximum55years-old
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteriaPatients who had undergone treatment for TMD. Patients who have pain caused by abnormal shape of bone, adhesion, disk displacement, and/or disk perforation in TMJ. Patients who are unable to fit splint to jaw because of missing teeth. Patients who are judged not to appropriate to this trial by dentists.

Related Information

Contact

public contact
Name Shoichi ISHIGAKI
Address 1-8, Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Japan
Telephone 06-6879-2946
E-mail ishigaki-s@umin.net
Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry Department of Fixed Prosthodontics
scientific contact
Name Emiko Morishige
Address 1-8, Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Japan
Telephone 06-6879-2946
E-mail
Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry Department of Fixed Prosthodontics