A resposta da tens no controle da dor miofascial dos pacientes portadores de disfunção temporomandibular

Abstract

This work consists in the answer to Transcutaneous Eletrical Nerve Stimulation(TENS) in the control of myofascial pain in patients with temporomanbibular disorder(DTM). The aim of the investigation was to prove the efficiency of physical therapy.This was an pre-experimental research, involving 15 patients of both sex with DTM sdiagnostic. It was used for collecting data: a questionary, a pain visual analogic scale anda TENS Vif 993 Quark. The equipment was used for 10 sessions in a 100 Hz frequency,an amplitude pulse of 80 ms for 30 minutes, applying the pain scale on 1st and 10stsession. So, we get the following results: 86,67% of patients were female; 74% werebetween 15 and 45 years old; 53,33% had moderated DTM; 23,4% of patients hadmasseter and pterigoideo muscles with biggest pain; and 26,09% had tooth compressinglike a function habit after the statistic analysis of informations, in which was usedWilcoxon Test, with a significance level of 5%, we conclude that treatment with TENSis an efficient physical therapy recourse in the control of myofascial pain of patientswith DTM.