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Emotional Release After Trigger Point Needling to Treat Myofascial Pain of the Head and Neck - Prospective Study
Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Summary
Temporomandibular Dysfunction (TMD) as classified by the DC-TMD has a significant psychosocial component referred to as "Axis II". One of the methods of treatment for myofascial TMD is "needing" which could be "dry needling" using only a needle or "wet needling" using local anesthetics. Practitioners of needling commonly observe an emotional release by the patient undergoing needling. This study aims to record and measure the emotional state of patients just before and just after needling for myofascial TMD via questionnaires.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2025-03-13
Completion Date
2027-03-13
Last Updated
2025-04-04
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
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After signed consent all patients will be asked to fill a series of questionnaires in print. The questionnaires administered are standardized and validated in Hebrew. Patients will be asked to fill out: Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC-TMD) questionnaire. Patient Health Questionnaire 9 PHQ-9-HEB Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS - 20) At each injection session, all patients will be asked to fill out the Profile of Mood States Hebrew translation (POMS-H) before and after trigger point injections.
Locations (1)
Oral Medicine Unite, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel