Dual-echo and Inversion Recovery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pulse Sequences in Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Disorders. Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Cairo University27 enrolled

Overview

In the present study, investigators are going to investigate the potential of inversion recovery (fluid attenuated inversion recovery -FLAIR and short-TI Inversion Recovery -STIR) sequence images to demonstrate joint effusion, compared to T2-weighted images.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Interventions

Dual echo MRI sequenceDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

new MRI sequences for imaging of joints

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with pain related to temporomandibular joint. * Patients with limited mouth opening. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with pain related to temporomandibular joint for less than one month duration. * Patients with limited mouth opening for less than one month duration. * Patients with history of TMJ surgical intervention. * Patients with history of TMJ arthrocentesis.

Locations (1)

Nouran Nabil Marzaban

Cairo, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Identification of temporomandibular joint effusion.

Binary outcome measure

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Delineation of temporomandibular joint disc position.

Descriptive measure: 10 - 12 - 2 o'clock position

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Central Contacts

Nouran N Marzaban

CONTACT

+201006891841 nouran.marzaban@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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