Effectiveness of physiotherapy management for bruxisma systematic review /
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Hegazy, Fatma, joint ., Thesis advisor
Shousha, Tamer Mohamed,, Thesis advisor
Date Issued
2021
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English
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Thesis
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess current available literature and evidence pertaining to physiotherapy management for Bruxism as well as to evaluate the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials that examined the effectiveness of physiotherapy provided. Methods: A systematic review of current literature. The data sources used were PUBMED/MEDLINE, COCHRANE EMBASE, Cinhal, PsychInfo, Keele Web of Science CDR/DARE databases, and PEDRO database. included were Randomized controlled trials relating Physiotherapy management for bruxism assessing the effectiveness of Physiotherapy in patients with bruxism and the protocol of Physiotherapy that should be clearly explained. Two reviewers independently selected reviewed the articles based on the inclusion criteria. Discrepancies in reviewer selections were resolved at a separate meeting between reviewers prior to final decision. For non-resolved discrepancies, the third reviewer gave the conclusive opinion. Results: (4,084) studies retrieved after the preliminary search 1,136 duplicate studies were excluded. The remaining (2,948) were further reviewed of which (2,925) were excluded following abstract review for not specifically relating to physiotherapy and bruxism. Twenty-three full text studies were screened for eligibility out of which (13) were excluded, of which (4) articles were not specific to bruxism, (1) had unclear methodology, (3) were not constrained to physiotherapy interventions, (1) was a pilot study, and (l) was a study protocol. The remaining (10) articles which met the inclusion criteria were included in qualitative synthesis. Conclusions: The findings suggested that evidence exploring various physical therapy methods used to improve muscle pain and activity, mouth opening, oral health, anxiety, stress, depression, temporomandibular disorder, and head posture in people who have bruxism is of low quality. This result is primarily due to the low methodological quality of the majority of the studies.
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Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Physiotherapy, 2021.
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Library of Congress Classification
WU140 L863p 2021eb
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b13474571