Research - Clinical Evidence

 

Passive Motion Therapy (Jaw Motion Rehab Systems)

Frank C ; Akeson WH ; Woo SL ; Amiel D ; Coutts RD.  Physiology and therapeutic value of passive joint motion  Clin Orthop Relat Res.  1984; May(185): 113-25

 

Brunello DL ; Mandikos MN.  The use of a dynamic opening device in the treatment of radiation induced trismus.  Just Prosthodont J.  1995; 9: 45-8

 

Israel HA, Syrop SB..  The important role of motion in the rehabilitation of patients with mandibular hypomobility: a review of the literature.  Cranio.  1997; Jan;15(1):74-83

 

Nicolakis P ; Burak EC ; Kollmitzer J ; Kopf A ; Piehslinger E ; Wiesinger GF ; Fialka-Moser V.  An investigation of the effectiveness of exercise and manual therapy in treating symptoms of TMJ osteoarthritis.  Cranio.  2001; Jan 19(1): 26-32

 

Clark HM.  Neuromuscular treatments for speech and swallowing: a tutorial.  Am J Speech Lang Pathol.  2003;  Nov; 12(4): 400-15

 

Maloney GE, Mehta N, Forgione AG, Zawawi KH, Al-Badawi EA, Driscoll SE..  Effect of a passive jaw motion device on pain and range of motion in TMD patients not responding to flat plane intraoral appliances.  Cranio.  2002; Jan 20(1):55-66

 

Buchbinder D ; Currivan RB ; Kaplan AJ ; Urken ML.  Mobilization regimens for the prevention of jaw hypomobility in the radiated patient: a comparison of three techniques.  J Oral Maxillofac Surg.  1993; Aug; 51(8): 863-7

 

Dijkstra PU ; Kalk WW ; Roodenburg JL.  Trismus in head and neck oncology: a systematic review.  Oral Oncol (Oral oncology).  2004; Oct 40(9): 879-89

 

Cohen EG ; Deschler DG ; Walsh K ; Hayden RE.  Early use of a mechanical stretching device to improve mandibular mobility after composite resection: a pilot study.  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation..  2005;  Jul 86(7): 1416-9

 

 

 

Continuous Passive Motion Therapy Abstracts

 

Mussa R ; Hans MG ; Enlow D ; Goldberg J.  Condylar cartilage response to continuous passive motion in adult guinea pigs: A pilot study.  Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop.  1999; Apr; 115(4): 360-7

 

Sebastian MH, Moffett BC..  The effects of continuous passive motion on the temporomandibular joint after surgery. Part II. Appliance improvement, normal subject evaluation, pilot clinical trial.  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol.  1989; Jun 67(6):644-53

 

Gassner R, Buckley MJ, Piesco N, Evans C, Agarwal S..   [Cytokine-induced nitric oxide production of joint cartilage cells in continuous passive movement. Anti-inflammatory effect of continuous passive movement on chondrocytes: in vitro study]  Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir.  2000; Sep 4 Suppl 2:S479-84

 

Mark G. Fontenot, D.D.S., M.Eng., and John N. Kent, D.D.S..  The Use of Continuous Passive Motion Following Total Temporomandibular Joint Arthroplasty  J Oral Maxillofac Surg.  1989; V. 47, pg 138

 

Lemke R,. Van Sickels J. Electromyographic evaluation of continuous passive motion versus manual rehabilitation of the temporomandibular joint. J Oral Maxillofac Surg.  1993; Dec 51(12):1311-4

 

Greco, Joan M; Van Sickels, Joseph E.;.  The Efficacy of Continuous Passive Motion on Chronically Injured Temporomandibular Joints  J Oral Maxillofac Surg.  1989; V. 47, pg 139

 

Roed-Petersen B.  [Fracture induced constriction treated by Continuous Passive Motion (CPM)  Tandlaegernes Tidsskr.  1992; May (5): 140-3

 

Salter RB.  The biologic concept of continuous passive motion of synovial joints. The first 18 years of basic research and its clinical application.  Clin Orthop.  1989; May(242): 12-25

 

Dhert WJ ; O'Driscoll SW ; van Royen BJ ; Salter RB.  Effects of immobilization and continuous passive motion on postoperative muscle atrophy in mature rabbits.  Canadian journal of surgery..  1988; May; 31(3): 185-8

 

Lydiatt DD ; Davis LF.  The effects of immobilization on the rabbit temporomandibular joint.  J Oral Maxillofac Surg.  1985; Mar; 43(3): 188-93

 

Kuwahara T, Bessette RW, Maruyama T.  Effect of continuous passive motion on the results of TMJ meniscectomy. Part I: Comparison of chewing movement.  Cranio.  1996; Jul, 14(3):190-199

 

Kim HK ; Kerr RG ; Cruz TF ; Salter RB.  Effects of continuous passive motion and immobilization on synovitis and cartilage degradation in antigen induced arthritis.  J Rheumatol (The Journal of rheumatology.  1995; Sep; 22(9): 1714-21

 

Fiedler F ; Stoll P ; Lauer G ; Otten JE.  Passive and continuous temporomandibular movement--functional treatment after surgery of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)  Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofa.  1993; 94(3): 178-80

 

 

 

Static Progressive Stretching/Stress Relaxation Therapy

 

Schultz-Johnson K..  Static progressive splinting.   J Hand Ther..  2002; Apr-Jun;15(2):163-78.

 

Doornberg JN, Ring D, Jupiter JB..  Static progressive splinting for posttraumatic elbow stiffness.   J Orthop Trauma..  2006; Jul;20(6):400-4

 

Jansen CM ; Windau JE ; Bonutti PM ; Brillhart MV.  Treatment of a knee contracture using a knee orthosis incorporating stress-relaxation techniques.  Physical Therapy.  1996; Feb; 76(2): 182-6

 

Bonutti PM ; Windau JE ; Ables BA ; Miller BG.  Static progressive stretch to reestablish elbow range of motion.  Clin Orthop Relat Res.  1994; Jun(303): 128-34

 

Issack PS ; Egol KA.  Posttraumatic contracture of the elbow: current management issues.  Bull Hosp Jt Dis.  2006; 63(3-4): 129-36

 

Gelinas JJ ; Faber KJ ; Patterson SD ; King GJ.  The effectiveness of turnbuckle splinting for elbow contractures.  The Journal of bone and joint surgery.  2000; 82(1): 74-8

 

Millett PJ ; Johnson B ; Carlson J ; Krishnan S ; Steadman JR.  Rehabilitation of the arthrofibrotic knee.  American journal of orthopedics.  2003; Nov; 32(11): 531-8