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Can a gentle electrical patch ease jaw pain faster?

NCT ID NCT07744893

Symptom relief Sponsor: Balikesir University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether adding transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to standard care—education, medication, and exercises—provides extra pain relief and better jaw function for people with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). About 48 adults with TMD will receive either standard care alone or standard care plus TENS. The study measures pain at rest and during jaw movement, as well as quality of life, over the short and medium term.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) added to standard conservative therapy (education, medication, and exercises)
What this could lead to
If effective, adding TENS to standard care could offer faster and better pain relief and improved jaw function for people with temporomandibular disorders.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage trial, and the added benefit of TENS over standard care alone is uncertain. Results may not apply to all TMD patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

48 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2011

Finished

May 2013

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged between 18 and 65 years. * Patients diagnosed with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) Axis I. * Patients who agreed to participate and signed the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Facial pain attributable to another condition (sinusitis, migraine, tension-type headache, trigeminal neuralgia). * TMJ involvement secondary to an inflammatory systemic disease. * TMJ subluxation. * Degenerative cervical disease restricting neck movement. * Any contraindication to TENS.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Facial Pain temporomandibular joint disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD)

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Necmettin Erbakan University

    Konya, Konya, 42090, Turkey (Türkiye)

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