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Manual therapy and exercise in temporomandibular joint disc displacement without reduction. A systematic review.

Roy La ToucheTania Boo-MalloJoseba Zarzosa-RodríguezAlba Paris-AlemanyFerran Cuenca-MartínezLuis Suso-Martí
Published in: Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice (2020)
Results show that interventions based on therapeutic exercise or manual therapy may be beneficial and play a role in the treatment of disc displacement without reduction. Limited evidence suggests that exercise significantly improves mouth opening in comparison to splints. Due to the heterogeneity of the included studies, these results should be interpreted with caution.
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