Laser Acupuncture Therapy in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Temporomandibular Disorders
| Autor: | Sheng Feng Hsu, Chih-Hao Chang, Yu-Chiang Hung, Ying-Jung Tseng, I-Ling Hung, Wen-Long Hu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
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Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Visual analogue scale Myofascial Pain Acupuncture Therapy lcsh:Medicine Pain Mandible Laser Acupuncture Palpation Traditional Chinese medicine Acupuncture Medicine Pain Management Humans lcsh:Science Aged Medicine and health sciences Multidisciplinary medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Lasers lcsh:R Retrospective cohort study Traditional medicine Middle Aged Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Temporomandibular joint stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Complementary and alternative medicine Ashi Anesthesia Physical therapy lcsh:Q Female medicine.symptom business human activities Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e110528 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Objective To investigate the clinical effects of laser acupuncture therapy for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) after ineffective previous treatments. Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted in 29 treatment-resistant TMD patients (25 women, 4 men; age range, 17–67 years). Subjects were treated 3 times per week for 4 weeks with the Handylaser Trion (GaAlAs laser diode, 810 nm, 150 mW, pulsed waves), which delivered 0.375 J of energy (5 s) to ST7, ST6, and LI4 and 3 J (40 s) to each Ashi point, 7.5–26.25 J/cm2 in total. The visual analog scale (VAS) and maximal mouth opening (MMO) were evaluated before and after treatment. Results VAS analysis showed that the patients were free of pain at rest (endpoint) after 5.90±6.08 sessions of laser acupuncture for acute TMD and after 16.21±17.98 sessions for chronic TMD. The VAS score on palpation of the temporomandibular joint reduced to 0.30±0.67 for patients with acute TMD (p = 0.005) and to 0.47±0.84 for those with chronic TMD (p |
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