Physical therapist guided active intervention of chronic temporomandibular disorder presenting as ear pain: A case report
| Autor: | Murugavel Manivasagam, Sudarshan Anandkumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
musculoskeletal diseases Orofacial pain medicine.medical_specialty education Pain Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Intervention (counseling) Humans Medicine Craniofacial Temporomandibular Joint business.industry Temporomandibular disorder Chronic pain Temporomandibular Joint Disorders medicine.disease Musculoskeletal Manipulations Temporomandibular joint Physical Therapists medicine.anatomical_structure Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Manual therapy business Physical therapist |
| Zdroj: | Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 38:3146-3158 |
| ISSN: | 1532-5040 0959-3985 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593985.2021.1938307 |
| Popis: | This case report describes the successful physical therapy management of a 40-year-old female who presented with left ear pain referred from the temporomandibular joint. Diagnosis was primarily based on clinical examination findings and ruling out of red flags. Guidance was given on active self-care approaches consisting of pain neuroscience education designed with individualized pain curriculum, exercise therapy, manual therapy, and breathing exercises for a period of sixweeks. Clinically meaningful improvements were obtained in the outcome measures of Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS), and Global Rating of Change (GROC) scale and progress in Pain-Self Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) scores. Positive changes were achieved with functional activities (chewing, eating, yawing, brushing teeth and physical intimacy), and the patient was pain-free on discharge, which was maintained at a six-month follow-up. |
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