TY - JOUR
T1 - A randomized clinical trial of intraoral soft splints and palliative treatment for masticatory muscle pain
AU - Wright, Edward
AU - Anderson, Gary
AU - Schulte, Jofin
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Thirty subjects seeking treatment for masticatory muscle pain at a university-based TMJ clinic were randomly assigned to soft-splint, palliative-treatment, and no-treatment groups. After 4 to 11 weeks of treatment, subjects were evaluated for changes from their base-line levels of symptoms, maximum pain-free opening, pain thresh-olds measured by a pressure algometer, and occlusal contacts. With the use of the multivariate analysis of variance and analysis of covariance, the results suggest that the soft-splint group had statis-tically significant improvement (V < .01), the palliative-treatment group had improvement that was not statistically significant, and the no-treatment group had a slight aggravation of symptoms. The soft-splint group had fewer occlusal contact changes assessed with shimstock compared to the palliative-treatment and no-treatment groups. The findings of this study suggest that the soft splint is an effective short-term treatment for reducing the signs and symptoms of masticatory muscle pain in patients, and the soft splint does not cause occlusal changes.
AB - Thirty subjects seeking treatment for masticatory muscle pain at a university-based TMJ clinic were randomly assigned to soft-splint, palliative-treatment, and no-treatment groups. After 4 to 11 weeks of treatment, subjects were evaluated for changes from their base-line levels of symptoms, maximum pain-free opening, pain thresh-olds measured by a pressure algometer, and occlusal contacts. With the use of the multivariate analysis of variance and analysis of covariance, the results suggest that the soft-splint group had statis-tically significant improvement (V < .01), the palliative-treatment group had improvement that was not statistically significant, and the no-treatment group had a slight aggravation of symptoms. The soft-splint group had fewer occlusal contact changes assessed with shimstock compared to the palliative-treatment and no-treatment groups. The findings of this study suggest that the soft splint is an effective short-term treatment for reducing the signs and symptoms of masticatory muscle pain in patients, and the soft splint does not cause occlusal changes.
KW - Myofascial pain
KW - Palliative treatment
KW - Selfcare
KW - Soft splint
KW - Splint
KW - Temporomandibular disorders
KW - Temporomandibular joint
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M3 - Article
C2 - 7488989
AN - SCOPUS:0029258434
SN - 2333-0384
VL - 9
SP - 192
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache
JF - Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache
IS - 2
ER -