Shamanic Healing for Women With Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMDs)
CompletedPhase 1NCT00071474
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This is a Phase I study to examine the feasibility and safety of shamanic (spiritual) healing for treating temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs).
Study details
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: shamanic healing
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Start date
- 2003-08
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 25 Years to 55 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion criteria: * Females Age 25-55 * TMD Research Diagnosis Criteria (RDC) clinical diagnosis of myofacial pain with or without disc displacement, arthralgia, arthritis, or arthosis * Three or more significant systemic conditions, e.g. depression, fibromyalgia, GI or reproductive disturbances, upper respiratory problems, etc. in the preceding 2 years. Exclusion criteria: * Diagnosed organic or medication induced major mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar) * Other neurological diagnoses (epilepsy, Parkinsons) * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00071474