TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical research on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Chuna manual therapy for temporomandibular disorder
T2 - A study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
AU - Kim, Hyungsuk
AU - Kim, Koh Woon
AU - Kim, Me riong
AU - Lee, Yoon Jae
AU - Ha, In Hyuk
AU - Shin, Byung Cheul
AU - Chung, Won Seok
AU - Song, Mi Yeon
AU - Cho, Jae Heung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Introduction: Chuna manual therapy (CMT), one of the therapeutic modalities of Korean Medicine which is a kind of manual therapies, is well known among Korean Medicine doctors for the treatment of TMD but the evidence for the effect of CMT is insufficient. Therefore, this trial is designed to propose a protocol to investigate the efficacy and economic efficiency of CMT on TMD, compared to usual care (UC). Methods: This trial is a prospective, assessor-blinded, two-arm parallel multicenter randomized controlled trial. Eighty patients with temporomandibular disorder, with numeric rating scale (NRS) above 4, will be randomly assigned to either the CMT or the UC group, with a 1:1 ratio. Participants will be recruited by five Korean Medicine hospitals. Participants will be treated eight times for 4 weeks, and will be assessed for pain, range of motion, depressive symptoms, and quality of life. Adverse events will also be reported. To evaluate the cost-effectiveness, medical consumption data (quality of life questionnaire) will be used to assess indices such as the Quality Adjusted Life Year. Discussion: There were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effect of CMT for TMD, however, evidence is evaluated as “Low”. For this reason, this trial was designed as a high-quality RCT protocol. Conclusion: We expect that this trial will contribute new knowledge on the effects of CMT for TMD, so that an economically efficient way of treatment could be developed and standardized, providing more populations with the benefits of an effective and economic treatment for TMD.
AB - Introduction: Chuna manual therapy (CMT), one of the therapeutic modalities of Korean Medicine which is a kind of manual therapies, is well known among Korean Medicine doctors for the treatment of TMD but the evidence for the effect of CMT is insufficient. Therefore, this trial is designed to propose a protocol to investigate the efficacy and economic efficiency of CMT on TMD, compared to usual care (UC). Methods: This trial is a prospective, assessor-blinded, two-arm parallel multicenter randomized controlled trial. Eighty patients with temporomandibular disorder, with numeric rating scale (NRS) above 4, will be randomly assigned to either the CMT or the UC group, with a 1:1 ratio. Participants will be recruited by five Korean Medicine hospitals. Participants will be treated eight times for 4 weeks, and will be assessed for pain, range of motion, depressive symptoms, and quality of life. Adverse events will also be reported. To evaluate the cost-effectiveness, medical consumption data (quality of life questionnaire) will be used to assess indices such as the Quality Adjusted Life Year. Discussion: There were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effect of CMT for TMD, however, evidence is evaluated as “Low”. For this reason, this trial was designed as a high-quality RCT protocol. Conclusion: We expect that this trial will contribute new knowledge on the effects of CMT for TMD, so that an economically efficient way of treatment could be developed and standardized, providing more populations with the benefits of an effective and economic treatment for TMD.
KW - Chuna manual therapy temporomandibular disorder
KW - Protocol
KW - Randomized controlled trial
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eujim.2019.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.eujim.2019.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062168628
SN - 1876-3820
VL - 27
SP - 27
EP - 33
JO - European Journal of Integrative Medicine
JF - European Journal of Integrative Medicine
ER -
