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An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients
OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to evaluate and compare the effect of moist heat fomentation therapy with ultrasound therapy in patients with the masticatory myalgia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on 42 patients with masticatory myalgia, dividing them into two groups; Group A (21 pa...
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The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7609931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33122456 http://dx.doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2020.46.5.321 |
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author | Balakrishnan, Parvathi K. Kumar, Sowmya M. Chippala, Purushotham Hegde, Chethan |
author_facet | Balakrishnan, Parvathi K. Kumar, Sowmya M. Chippala, Purushotham Hegde, Chethan |
author_sort | Balakrishnan, Parvathi K. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to evaluate and compare the effect of moist heat fomentation therapy with ultrasound therapy in patients with the masticatory myalgia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on 42 patients with masticatory myalgia, dividing them into two groups; Group A (21 patients), received moist heat therapy and Group B (21 patients), received ultrasound therapy for seven effective days. Prior and after the treatment the numeric rating scale (NRS) and the electromyography (EMG) scores were recorded and compared. The observations were analyzed clinically and statistical support was taken to assess the NRS and EMG data. RESULTS: Irrespective of the groups, patients testified a significant reduction in pain after the treatment. From the EMG readings; even though the standard deviation for each group was varied considerably, EMG recorded an improved muscle activity. Statistical analysis was used to assess and identify the best treatment methodology between the two modalities. CONCLUSION: From the statistical analysis, it is concluded that, though both the therapies had significantly reduced the symptomatic response, it is moist heat fomentation that improved muscle activity both statistically and clinically in comparison to ultrasound. |
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spelling | pubmed-76099312020-11-10 An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients Balakrishnan, Parvathi K. Kumar, Sowmya M. Chippala, Purushotham Hegde, Chethan J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg Original Article OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to evaluate and compare the effect of moist heat fomentation therapy with ultrasound therapy in patients with the masticatory myalgia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on 42 patients with masticatory myalgia, dividing them into two groups; Group A (21 patients), received moist heat therapy and Group B (21 patients), received ultrasound therapy for seven effective days. Prior and after the treatment the numeric rating scale (NRS) and the electromyography (EMG) scores were recorded and compared. The observations were analyzed clinically and statistical support was taken to assess the NRS and EMG data. RESULTS: Irrespective of the groups, patients testified a significant reduction in pain after the treatment. From the EMG readings; even though the standard deviation for each group was varied considerably, EMG recorded an improved muscle activity. Statistical analysis was used to assess and identify the best treatment methodology between the two modalities. CONCLUSION: From the statistical analysis, it is concluded that, though both the therapies had significantly reduced the symptomatic response, it is moist heat fomentation that improved muscle activity both statistically and clinically in comparison to ultrasound. The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2020-10-31 2020-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7609931/ /pubmed/33122456 http://dx.doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2020.46.5.321 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Balakrishnan, Parvathi K. Kumar, Sowmya M. Chippala, Purushotham Hegde, Chethan An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
title | An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
title_full | An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
title_fullStr | An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
title_full_unstemmed | An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
title_short | An in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
title_sort | in vivo electromyographic evaluation of pain relief using different therapies in masticatory myalgia patients |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7609931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33122456 http://dx.doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2020.46.5.321 |
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