Massage on acupuncture treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders efficacy.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Massage on acupuncture treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders efficacy Keywords:] acupuncture, massage therapy, temporomandibular joint disorder Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is a jaw motion abnormalities in the joints, muscle spasm and the surrounding noise, pain and other manifestations of a disease. I massage combined with acupuncture treatment of 52 cases of the disease, and oral administration of the town pain, sedation and other drugs for the treatment of 37 cases were observed, results were satisfactory. are reported below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information Patients were treated in this group of Yunnan Medical College Department of Dental Clinic patients, a total of 89 cases. Order of odd and even distribution of monthly admissions to a single month, admissions are set to the observation group, bi-monthly admissions were as control. Observed 52 cases, male 17 cases, 35 females, aged 17 to 48 years, mean 28.38 years, the longest duration of 6 years and the shortest by 3 d, an average of 1 year and 8 months. the control group 37 cases, male 11 cases, 26 females, aged 17 to 47 years, mean 27.62 years, the longest duration of 5.6 , the shortest 4 d, an average of 1 year and 10 months. All patients had mandibular movement disorders, muscle pain, joint and surrounding area, accompanied by some patients in the joints, noise and other symptoms consistent with baseline data .2 group, The statistical test, Pgt; 0.05, the difference was not statistically significant. 1.2 Criteria for disease Patients describe the pain varies, no uniform standards, criteria of the disease mainly in patients with mouth opening as a measure of standards. Heavy: mouth opening was 0.5 ~ 1.5 cm, medium: mouth opening was 2 ~ 2.5 cm, Mild: mouth opening is 3 ~ 3.5 cm. Exclusion criteria of 1.3 cases ① X-ray shows damage to the temporomandibular joint were organic, ② closed received medical treatment; ③ phy