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Study aim
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To compare the effects of Effects of TMJ exercises on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patient with non-specific neck pain.
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Design
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Parallel group, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial
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Settings and conduct
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OPD Physiotherapy department university of Lahore, Lahore
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:- age of 18-55 years old, and with primary complaints of NSNP (symptoms lasting for at least 3 months), one of the four signs of TMD (joint sounds, deviation during mouth opening, muscle pain at a minimum of two tender points in the temporalis or masseter muscles and pain during mouth opening), Both male and female patients,
Exclusion Criteria:- acute muscle trauma, received physiotherapy during the previous 3 months, unilateral and bilateral upper extremity symptoms, any neurological disorders, Musculoskeletal systemic disease, serious spinal pathology.
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Intervention groups
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All person who came to physiotherapy department OPD, university of Lahore was consider and assess for NSNP. 50 patients were randomly apportioned into 2 groups, 25 patients in each group. Gathering A patient were dealt with routine physiotherapy while Group B patients were treated with jaw activities and routine physiotherapy. Randomization of patients into groups were finished by mean of lottery strategy. Plan of the investigation was single blinded RCT. In which patients was kept blind. Furthermore, in this investigation patients were kept visor.
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Main outcome variables
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• Pain, ROM, Functional Activity