The aim of this study is to compare the treatment effects of dextrose prolotherapy, saline, and mepivacaine for deactivating myofascial trigger points within the jaw muscles.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
Dextrose is a solution, mixture of dextrose and water.
A local anaesthetic is a medication that causes reversible absence of pain sensation
Saline is a control group
Patients' subjective pain experience
Pressure pain threshold (PPT): An algometer will be used to assess PPT. The algometer consists of a 1 cm2 rubber tipped plunger mounted on a force transducer. The pressure will be applied over the examined trigger point. The participants will be instructed to point when the sensation changed from pressure to pain. The mean of three trials will be calculated and used for analysis.
Time frame: one year
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