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- Title
Non-Pharmacological Pain Treatment of Patients with Myofascial Pain Syndrome of the Masticatory Muscles—Case Series.
- Authors
Macrì, Monica; Rotelli, Chiara; Pegreffi, Francesco; Festa, Felice
- Abstract
Myofascial pain is the most common cause of chronic pain in the masticatory region and can be assessed through clinical analysis and muscle palpation. Generally, it appears with headache and orofacial pain associated with sensitive points (trigger points) due to the excessive contraction of the masticatory muscle fibers. The study aims to evaluate how a correct treatment of myofascial pain can improve the life quality of affected patients. In this case series, 300 patients with myofascial pain were divided into two groups: 150 with intra- and extra-articular disorders and 150 with only extra-articular disorder. Each group included 75 males and 75 females. All the patients were treated with gnathological therapy through passive aligners and biofeedback exercises for four months. They underwent pain assessment (through a visual analogue scale and muscular palpation test) before, during, and after the treatment, as well as nuclear magnetic resonance of the temporomandibular joint before and after the gnathological treatment. The treatment considerably reduced the pain in all patients, without drugs, in four months according to the visual analogue scales and the palpation test. The temporomandibular magnetic resonance in each patient was similar before and after the gnathological treatment. The improvement in pain did not depend on a change in the relationship between the articular condyle and the disc.
- Subjects
MASTICATORY muscles; PAIN management; MYOFASCIAL pain syndromes; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; NUCLEAR magnetic resonance; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR joint; VISUAL analog scale
- Publication
Biomedicines, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 10, p2799
- ISSN
2227-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biomedicines11102799