14 May 2025 : Clinical Research
Efficacy of Prolotherapy for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction: An Interventional Clinical Study
Khalil Assiri
AG 1, Abdullah Alqarni AF 1, Hussain Almubarak DF 1, Sultan Mohammed Kaleem ABEF 1*, Saeed Alassiri BCE 1, Fawaz Abdul Hamid Baig ABF 2, Ajmal Muhammed BD 1, Mohammad Zahir Kota BF 2, Ali Azhar Dawasaz BE 1, Ali Mosfer Alqahtani CD 1, Hassan Ahmed Assiri CD 1, Saeed Abdullah Arem DF 1, Salma Abubaker Abbas Ali CF 1, Master Luqman Mannakandath DF 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946650
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e946650
Figure 3 Distribution of clinical symptoms among the study subjects (N=25). According to the centered pie diagram, it is evident that the patients can be divided based on the clinical symptoms. Preauricular ear ache and limited jaw movement are some of the signs that manifested in this study, with 16 individuals (64%) being affected. The symptoms included pain alongside the joint line and in the area of the wrist during radial deviation, in all patients, and intra-articular pain and tenderness in muscles of mastication in 10 and 11 patients (32% and 40%, respectively) out of the total 16 patients (64).