Pain Neuroscience Education, Motor Imagery and Action Observation in Patients With Chronic Temporomandibular Disorders.
CompletedNot applicableNCT05003349
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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)
The objective of this study will be to verify the additional effect of Pain Neuroscience Education, Motor Imagery and Action Observation on primary outcomes pain intensity and craniofacial pain and disability in patients with chronic temporomandibular disorders (TMD). The secondary outcomes will be pressure pain threshold, temporal summation, conditioned pain modulation, central sensibilization, pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia. This study will be a doble-blinded randomized clinical trial comprising a sample of 50 participants with orofacial pain of both genders and aged between 18 and 60 years. Subjects will undergo a screening process to identify those presenting a diagnosis of painful TMD confirmed by the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD), and then they will be randomized into two groups (G1: Occlusal Splint, Counselling and Jaw and Neck Exercises vs. (G2: Occlusal Splint, Jaw and Neck Exercises plus Pain Neuroscience Education, Motor Imagery and Action Observation). These volunteers will be recruited from the Alisos Group Dentistry Clinic and University of Gran Rosario, (Rosario, Argentina). All patients will wear an occlusal splint designed by dentists. The interventions will be administered twice a week for 5 weeks by a single therapist. Subsequently, patients will be given instructions to perform the exercises at home for 5 weeks. Primary and secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks, and at 3 months after the end of treatment (follow-up). All the evaluations will be performed by a blinded physiotherapist.
Study details
- Official title
- Additional Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education, Motor Imagery and Action Observation in Patients With Chronic Temporomandibular Disorders. A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- TMD
- Interventions
- Other: Occlusal Splint (OS).
- Other: Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE).
- Other: Motor Imagery (MI).
- Other: Action Observation (AO).
- Other: Jaw and Neck Exercises (JNE)
- Other: Counselling.
- Sponsor
- University of Gran Rosario
- Start date
- 2021-08-31
- Primary completion
- 2025-11-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Argentina
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of painful TMD using the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) * A history of orofacial pain during at least three months prior to the study * Age ranging between 18 to 65 years, both genders. Exclusion Criteria: • Patients with neurological disorders (neuropathic pain or neurodegenerative disease), whiplash associated disorders, specific neck pain (radicular pain), recent dental or physical therapy. If patients are taking medication to relieve pain during the study, they will be encouraged to report it.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05003349