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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) |
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Information provided by: | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00071474 |
This is a Phase I study to examine the feasibility and safety of shamanic (spiritual) healing for treating temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs).
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Temporomandibular Disorders |
Procedure: shamanic healing |
Phase I |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety Study |
Estimated Enrollment: | 25 |
Study Start Date: | August 2003 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2005 |
Traditional systems of healing, such as shamanism, do not readily lend themselves to conventional research methods, yet studying their effectiveness is especially germane in the case of chronic conditions that involve an emotional component and that elude allopathic treatment regimens. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs), which affect up to 10% of the adult population, are a prime example of such conditions. Traditional treatment outcomes for TMD pain are often unsatisfactory. Moreover, in women age 25-55 (the age-sex group most affected), TMD is often found in association with depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal symptoms, frequent infection,and fibromyalgia. Because these multiple and complex symptoms suggest a loss of spirit or life energy, they may be particularly susceptible to treatment by shamanic (spiritual) healing, which aims to bring disturbed physical, mental, and emotional systems into balance. This phase I study will develop methods to evaluate shamanic healing as an intervention for TMD and will evaluate the feasibility of conducting randomized clinical trials of shamanic healing.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 55 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria:
United States, Oregon | |
Center for Health Research, Northwest | |
Portland, Oregon, United States |
Principal Investigator: | Nancy Vuckovic, MD | Center for Health Research, Northwest |
Study ID Numbers: | R21 AT000951-01A2 |
Study First Received: | October 23, 2003 |
Last Updated: | January 22, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00071474 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
temporomandibular disroders shamanism chronic pain |
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome Myofascial Pain Syndromes |
Fibromyalgia Craniomandibular Disorders Joint Diseases Pain Stomatognathic Diseases |
Mandibular Diseases Pathologic Processes Disease Jaw Diseases |