This study is carried out on sixty patients who will have tempromandibular pain and trismuspostOral and Maxillofacial Surgeryand their ages will be ranged from 18 to 40 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Material : Stainless steel large angle and small long angle: length 22cm x height 6cm x width 2cm. Weight: 70 grams
physical therapy electrical modality
manual therapy intervention
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
temporomandibular joint pain
pain is assessed Pressure pain threshold(PPT) will be obtained with the aid of an algometer by applying pressure to the masseter and to the anterior, middle, and posterior temporalis, increasing pressure until the patient will feel that the pressure will become unpleasant or "painful .
Time frame: pre intervention and re assessed after 1 month
Trismus
Trismus is assessed by caliper
Time frame: pre intervention and re assessed after 1 month
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