Abstract

ALMAGRO URRUTIA, Zoraya E; SANTOS SOLANO, Lourdes de los  and  LORAN RODRIGUEZ, . Lázaro. Corrientes diadinámicas y galvánicas en el tratamiento de la disfunción emporomandibular. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 1998, vol.35, n.3, pp.73-79. ISSN 0034-7507.

Effectiveness of diadynamic and galvanic currents in the treatment of articular and muscular pain was assessed, in patients presentig temporomandibular dysfunction. Actual pain rate (APR) was used to value pain before and after treatment. Sample was composed of 30 patients, having both, articular and muscular pain. Patients were divided in two random groups: 15 to each treatment. Initially, we prescribed 10 sessions with a daily application of each current, later, each specific case was evaluated and if it was necessary, we applied extra sessions, with a maximum of 12 applications. Total relief of pain was acchieved in 24 patients (80 % of total treated patients) and 6 remaining felt a partial relief, reaching a value of (1) to a 20 %. Using diadynamic currents (DC), 14 patients felt a total relief (93,3 %), and 1 patient felt a partial relief (6,6 %), who came to our service because of a very acute pain hampering him to concentrate, i.e. with a pain rate of (4). In case of galvanic current (GC), 10 patients felt a total relief, to a 66,6 % and 5 remained with a pain value (1), of whom 3 had a pain value (3). We emphasize that physical therapy is applicable in first stage, to eliminate of to decrease pain and later, it is necessary to pursue the usual treatment in cases requiring it, according to causal factor of dysfunction.

Keywords : TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME [rehabilitation]; ARTHRALGIA [rehabilitation]; PHYSICAL THERAPY.

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