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Effects of therapeutic and aerobic exercise programs on pain, neuromuscular activation, and bite force in patients with temporomandibular disorders

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorMoleirinho-Alves, Paula Manuela Mendes
dc.contributor.authorCebola, Pedro Miguel Teixeira Cravas
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Paulo Duarte Guia dos
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, João Pedro
dc.contributor.authorGodinho, Catarina
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Raul Alexandre Nunes da Silva
dc.contributor.authorPezarat-Correia, Pedro Luís Cemacelha
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-19T08:13:49Z
dc.date.available2025-09-19T08:13:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractPain in masticatory muscles is one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and can lead to changes in the patterns of neuromuscular activity of masticatory muscles and decrease in bite force. This study assesses the effects of three eight-week exercise programs on pain intensity, neuromuscular activation, and bite force of masticatory muscles in patients with TMD. Forty-five patients were divided into three groups: a therapeutic exercise program (G1), a therapeutic and aerobic exercise program (G2), and an aerobic exercise program (G3). The masticatory muscles’ pain was evaluated using the numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity of the masseter was recorded during maximum voluntary contraction and at rest, and bite force was evaluated using a dynamometer. These parameters were evaluated twice at baseline (A01/A02), at the end of the eight-week intervention period (A1), and 8–12 weeks after the end of the intervention (A2). After intervention, G2 showed the best results, with a significantly decrease in masticatory muscles’ pain and increase in bite force. These results suggest that interventions to reduce pain in patients with TMD should be multimodal.eng
dc.identifier.citationMoleirinho-Alves PMM, Cebola PMTC, dos Santos PDG, Correia JP, Godinho C, Oliveira RANdS, Pezarat-Correia PLC. Effects of Therapeutic and Aerobic Exercise Programs on Pain, Neuromuscular Activation, and Bite Force in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2021; 11(11):1170. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111170
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/jpm11111170
dc.identifier.issn2075-4426
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/58731
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111170
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjecttemporomandibular disorders
dc.subjectphysiotherapy
dc.subjectsurface electromyography
dc.subjectaerobic exercise
dc.subjecttherapeutic exercise
dc.titleEffects of therapeutic and aerobic exercise programs on pain, neuromuscular activation, and bite force in patients with temporomandibular disorderseng
dc.typecontribution to journal
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.startPage1170
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Personalized Medicine
oaire.citation.volume11
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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