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Prolapse; FemaleTMJ and PelvisNCT05978414

Functional Links Between the Temporomandibular Joint and the Pelvis in Gynecology

A study testing Visceral therapy in people with Prolapse; Female and Endometriosis-related Pain, run by Poznan University of Physical Education at 1 site in Poland.

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Trial summary

1 Recruitment. 2. Collection of written consents for the study. 3. Random assignment to groups with and without intervention. 4. Completion of questionnaires by study participants, postural pattern assessment, temporomandibular joint assessment, and platform assessment. 5. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 60 years, women only
Conditions the study is for
Prolapse; Female, Endometriosis-related Pain
What is being tested?
Visceral therapy
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
200 participants
Where
1 sitePoland
Study dates
14 Nov 2023to 30 Sep 2026
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 60 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Written consent to participate in the study.
  • Female patients after surgical treatment with prolapse of reproductive organs and diagnosed endometriosis.

Who cannot join

  • No written consent to participate in the study.
  • Cancer.
  • Injury to the temporomandibular joint and pelvis.
  • Fibromyalgia.
  • Rheumatic diseases.
  • At each stage of the experiment if the patient decides that she does not want to participate she is excluded.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Małgorzata E Wójcik, Dr contact

+4895 727 91 00 ext. 51

m.wojcik@awf-gorzow.edu.pl

Anna M Paczkowska, Dr contact

+4861 285 40 31 ext. 12

Poland1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Poznan University of Physical Education

    Poznan, 61-871

    Małgorzata M Wójcik, Dr, +48(95) 72 79 100 ext. 32, m.wojcik@awf-gorzow.edu.pl

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About this study

Official title: Functional Relationships Between the Temporomandibular Joint and the Pelvis in Women With Gynecological Diseases of Genital Prolapse and Endometriosis

1 Recruitment. 2. Collection of written consents for the study. 3. Random assignment to groups with and without intervention. 4. Completion of questionnaires by study participants, postural pattern assessment, temporomandibular joint assessment, and platform assessment.

  1. Performance of visceral therapy in the group with intervention, in the group without intervention placebo. Duration 5 weeks, treatment 1x per week at the same time of day and given day e.g. Mondays only.
  2. Reassessment as in step 4. 7. Data collection, statistical analyses. 8. Interpretation of results for female participants. 9. Preparation of results for scientific publications.
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Methods

After taking a detailed history, patients will be asked to:

  1. Completing: the SF-36 quality of life assessment questionnaire and Female Sexual Function Index assessment, and marking on a numerical scale their pain sensations for the temporomandibular joint and for the pelvis, World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). The SF-36 questionnaire, FSFI scale, World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and numerical scale (assessing pain sensations for the temporomandibular joint and pelvic joint), will also be subjected to completion/checking after the completion of manual visceral treatments in groups with physiotherapy intervention for both conditions.
  2. Type of postural pattern according to Hall-Wernham-Littlejohn: type I - normal, type II - anterior pelvic tilt, type III - posterior pelvic tilt.

3 Pelvic type assessment: normal, high, low; pelvic type will be assessed in each patient and in groups with physiotherapeutic intervention for both conditions before and after manual visceral treatments.

  1. Assessment of mobility in the temporomandibular joints in the sagittal plane CromWell digital caliper, and diagnosis using standardized protocols.
  2. Postural assessment on the Posturomed Technomex platform and Podoscope Sensor Medica.
  3. 6.Manual visceral treatments The treatments will be performed after the patient is qualified by the obstetrician-gynecologist specialist.
  4. After performing techniques and placebo in both groups, filling out questionnaires again, measuring on the platform, pattern posture..
  5. Statistical analysis: upon completion of the study, the collected quantitative and qualitative data will be subjected to statistical analysis. The choice of statistical tools will depend on the obtained probability distribution.
Being tested
Visceral therapy, Placebo
Keywords
quaity of life, women, prolapse; female, endometriosis-related pain, visceral therapy, temporomandibular joint
Medical subject headings
Prolapse

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Visceral therapyOther

    Visceral therapy will be performed manually by a physiotherapist, a detailed description of the techniques is above. Therapy will be in 2 subgroups with prolapse of the usual genitals and endometriosis.

  • PlaceboOther

    Placebo will be in 2 subgroups that will not have visceral therapy. The placebo will consist of the physiotherapist holding hands on the patient's pelvis.

Study groups in NCT05978414
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
2 subgroups with wisceral therapyExperimentalA group of women with endometriosis and reproductive organ prolapse will be randomly assigned to the intervention will have visceral therapy performed, and the group without the intervention will have a placebo.
Receives: Other: Visceral therapy
2 subgroups with placebo (without intervention)Placebo comparatorThe group of women with endometriosis and reproduvtive organ prolapse without the intervention will have a placebo only hands held on the pelvis by a physiotherapist.
Receives: Other: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. NRS

    Each patient will mark on the NRS scale the sensation of pain before the tests. Scale of 1-10, the higher the value the greater the pain experience.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo, 1 st week

  2. platforms

    Each patient will have a postural stability assessment prior to testing.No platform manufacturer provides standards. The platform is equipped with sensors - it collects the force of the feet and gives how the center of gravity is located, that is, the front-back, side-to-side tilts are given.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo,1 st week

  3. postural pattern by Halla-Wernhama-Littlejohna

    Before the test, each patient will have a postural pattern assessment. Evaluating the pattern of type 1 anterior tilt of the body, type 2 normal, type 3 posterior tilt.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placeb1 st weeko,

  4. pelvic type assessment

    Before the test, each patient will have a pelvic type assessment. High-assimilated type: hip plates above the L5 segment: overloaded type: hip plates below the L4 segment; normal type: hip plates at the level of the L4-L5 segment.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo,1 st week

  5. CromWell (measurement of oral dilation)

    Before the test, each patient will have their mouth opening measured with an electronic caliper.There are no standards given, it is a measurement of the dilation of the mouth.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo,1 st week

  6. standarised questonarie by Kulesa-Morawiecka et al.

    Each patient will complete a questionnaire on the evaluation of the temporomandibular joint. Scale of 0-10 points, 0 - means no strength of head and neck muscles, 10 - means strong tension of head and neck muscles.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo,1 st week

  7. According to the Polish version of the questionnaire, the highest point value, i.e. 171, indicates the lowest rank in the quality of life assessment, while the lowest point value indicates the highest level of quality of life.

    Each patient will complete a questionnaire on the evaluation of quality of life.Assessment: physical functioning, limitations due to physical health, pain perception, general sense of health, vitality, social functioning, emotional functioning and mental health.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo,1 st week

  8. Female Sexual Function Index. Score: a value of 26 points or less indicates the presence of significantly clinical sexual dysfunction.

    Each patient will complete a questionnaire.

    Measured: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo,1 st week

  9. visceral techniques and placebo

    The intervention group will have visceral therapy performed. The group without intervention will only have their hands held on the pelvis.

    Measured: 1 st week, 2nd week, 3rd week,4th week, 5 week

  10. Masseter Muscles Tension

    The device was developed by the authors (PAT 2568 W.132167; patent W.132167). Its construction consists of two parallel beams between which strain gauges are placed to record their deformation under applied compressive force. The signal from the strain gauges was transmitted to a force meter, which displayed the result in mass units (kilograms). The recorded result was entered into an Excel spreadsheet. Measurements were performed under both eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions. Each measurement lasted 30 seconds. A 5-minute rest interval was applied between the eyes-open and eyes-closed measurements

    Measured: 2023-2025

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. NRS

    After 5 weeks, each patient will mark on the pain sensation scale. Scale of 1-10, the higher the value the greater the pain experience.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  2. platforms

    After 5 weeks, each patient will have a postural stability assessment. No platform manufacturer provides standards. The platform is equipped with sensors - it collects the force of the feet and gives how the center of gravity is located, that is, the front-back, side-to-side tilts are given.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  3. postural pattern by Halla-Wernhama-Littlejohna

    After 5 weeks, each patient will have a posture pattern assessment. Evaluating the pattern of type 1 anterior tilt of the body, type 2 normal, type 3 posterior tilt.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  4. pelvic type assessment

    After 5 weeks, each patient will have a pelvic type assessment.High-assimilated type: hip plates above the L5 segment: overloaded type: hip plates below the L4 segment; normal type: hip plates at the level of the L4-L5 segment.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo,5 th week

  5. CromWell (measurement of oral dilation)

    After 5 weeks, each patient will have an evaluation of oral dilation with an electronic caliper.There are no standards given, it is a measurement of the dilation of the mouth.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  6. standarised questonarie by Kulesa-Morawiecka et al.

    After 5 weeks, each patient will complete a temporomandibular joint evaluation questionnaire.Scale of 0-10 points, 0 - means no strength of head and neck muscles, 10 - means strong tension of head and neck muscles.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  7. According to the Polish version of the questionnaire, the highest point value, i.e. 171, indicates the lowest rank in the quality of life assessment, while the lowest point value indicates the highest level of quality of life.

    After 5 weeks, each patient will complete a quality of life questionnaire. Assessment: physical functioning, limitations due to physical health, pain perception, general sense of health, vitality, social functioning, emotional functioning and mental health.

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  8. Female Sexual Function Index. Score: a value of 26 points or less indicates the presence of significantly clinical sexual dysfunction.

    After 5 weeks, each patient will complete a sexual satisfaction questionnaire

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

  9. World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF)

    After 5 weeks, each patient will complete a sexual satisfaction questionnaire

    Measured: Time point two: after visceral therapy and placebo, 5th week

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Aug 2023
  2. Study start14 Nov 2023
  3. Primary completion30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Sep 2026 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Description of the study group: The study will qualify women, aged from 18 to 60 years old admitted to the Sredz Heart Hospital in Sroda Wielkopolska, gynecology and obstetrics department. The planned study group is 200 women after surgical treatment (100 with prolapse of reproductive organs and 100 with a diagnosis of endometriosis). Both conditions are planned to be randomly divided into: a subgroup undergoing physiotherapy intervention and a subgroup without physiotherapy intervention. Women who do not consent to physiotherapeutic intervention will be included in the control group.
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
200 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05978414
Sponsor's protocol ID
305/23
Acronym
TMJ and Pelvis
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
28 Jun 2023
Last updated
24 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Visceral therapy in people with Prolapse; Female and Endometriosis-related Pain, run by Poznan University of Physical Education at 1 site in Poland.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Poland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Małgorzata E Wójcik, Dr (+4895 727 91 00 ext. 51, m.wojcik@awf-gorzow.edu.pl), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

NRS (time frame: Time point one: before starting visceral therapy and placebo, 1 st week). The study lists 10 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Sep 2026.

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