The efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular joint myofascial pain: A randomised controlled trial

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-267

  Smith, Philip ^a   Mosscrop, Daniella ^a   Davies, Stephen ^a   Sloan, Philip ^a   Al Ani, Ziad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Myofascial pain; TMD

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EATING; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERRED PAIN; SLEEP; SOUND; SPEECH; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, REFERRED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SLEEP; SOUND; SPEECH; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846637416     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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