Comparison of the Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education Combined With Physiotherapy, and Physiotherapy Alone in Temporomandibular Disorders
CompletedNot applicableNCT07147764
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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 research study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) when it is added to a physiotherapy program for people experiencing chronic temporomandibular disorders (TMD). To see whether adding PNE to physiotherapy program would provides additional benefits in reducing pain intensity, improving psychological well-being, and enhancing functional outcomes. The findings are expected to provide new insights into more comprehensive and patient-centered treatment strategies for managing chronic TMD. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: Control Group: Physiotherapy only PNE Group: Physiotherapy plus Pain Neuroscience Education Both groups will receive their respective treatments for a set period of time.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of the Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education Combined With Physiotherapy, and Physiotherapy Alone in Temporomandibular Disorders
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Ainaz Shahedi
- Collaborators
- Medipol University
- Organization
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
- Start date
- 2025-06-14
- Primary completion
- 2026-06-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with pain-related TMDs according to DC/TMD guidelines * Chronic TMD pain, defined as experiencing pain for at least six months and feeling the pain during the last 30 days * Age between 18-65 years Exclusion Criteria: * Illiterate patients * Severe depression (medical diagnoses) * Previous diagnosis of uncontrolled psychiatric disorder neurodegenerative diseases * Clinical history of tumors in the craniofacial region * Patients in the post dental surgery period * Patients who were submitted to previous physical therapy in the past year or to any health/pain education strategy * Pregnant women * Infections, whiplash-associated disorders and with chronic degenerative inflammatory or neurologic disorders
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07147764