The Efficacy of Neck and Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Manual Therapy in Comparison With a Multimodal Approach in the Patients with TMJ Dysfunction: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
Khaled Rezaie, Ali Amiri, Ismail Ebrahimi Takamjani, Gholamreza Shirani, Saman Salehi, Leila Alizadeh
Abstract
Because of the biomechanical and neuroanatomical relationship between the cervical region and TMJ, in the literature, these regions are considered as a functional unit that any pain or disorder in one region could affect another region.
Topics & Concepts
Temporomandibular jointMedicineRandomized controlled trialManual therapyOrthodonticsSurgeryAlternative medicinePathologyTemporomandibular Joint DisordersMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation