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A Review of Recent Clinical Studies for Manual Therapy on Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2013, 23(4), pp.129-141
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

노해린 1 김민영 1 박소현 1 정윤규 1 최영일 1 김문준 2

1부천자생한방병원
2중화한방병원

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ABSTRACT

Objectives The aim of this review is to investigate clinical studies for manual therapy onTemporomandibular Joint Disorder and to propose for the better method of studies in thefuture. Methods We investigated recent clinical studies for manual therapy on TemporomandibularJoint Disorder via searching Pubmed, KISS, KISTI, KERIS, KMBASE and NationalAssembly Library. 21 domestic and overseas articles were analyzed and the journals, theauthors, the published years, countries, methods, periods, techniques of chiropractic, outcomemeasures, and purpose of those articles were examined. Results Studies on manual therapy were mainly published via Cranio. The diagnosticcriteria that most frequently adopted in the overseas articles were research diagnostic criteriafor temporomandibular disorders, The technique of chiropractic that most frequentlyadopted in the articles was passive traction and translation of TMJ. Many of the studieswere researched for effectiveness of the manual therapy as the secondary treatment. Conclusions Reviewing the recent clinical studies for manual therapy on temporomandibularjoint disorder and figuring out the strong points and weak points of thosestudies are necessary to future studies. It is anticipated that this review would benefit thein-depth treatments for temporomandibular joint disorder in terms of Korean medicine.

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