Efficacy of stabilisation splint treatment on XXXX - 1-year follow-up.

@entity1 @entity9321 @entity158
UNASSIGNED: The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to assess the efficacy of stabilisation splint treatment on @entity9321 -related @entity158 during a 1-year follow-up. Eighty @entity1 were randomly assigned to two groups: splint group (n  =  39) and control group (n  =  41). The @entity1 in the splint group were treated with a stabilisation splint and  received counselling and instructions for masticatory muscle exercises. The controls received only counselling and instructions for masticatory muscles exercises. The outcome variables were the change in the intensity of @entity158 (as measured with visual analogue scale, VAS) as well as the @entity1 ' subjective estimate of treatment outcome. The differences in VAS changes between the groups were analysed using variance analysis and linear regression models. The VAS decreased in both groups, the difference between the groups being not statistically significant. The group status did not significantly associate with the decrease in VAS after adjustment for baseline VAS, gender, age, length of treatment and general health status. The only statistically significant predicting factor was the baseline VAS, which was also confirmed by the mixed-effect linear model. After 1-year follow-up, 27  6% of the @entity1 in the splint group and 37  5% of the @entity1 in the control group reported 'very good' treatment effects. The findings of this study did not show stabilisation splint treatment to be more effective in decreasing @entity158 than masticatory muscle exercises and counselling alone in the treatment of @entity9321 -related @entity158 over a 1-year follow-up.
