%0 Journal Article %T Service Evaluation of a New Physiotherapy Management Service for Patients with Chronic Temporomandibular Dysfunction %A Emma Salt %A Lucy Sawer %A Andrew Dickenson %J Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation %P 78-87 %@ 2332-1830 %D 2022 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojtr.2022.102007 %X Aims: This service evaluation explored and reported findings from a new multi-disciplinary service where physiotherapists were incorporated into an orofacial team who managed patients with chronic Temporomandibular Dysfunction (TMD). Methods: We collected data before the physiotherapists involvement and on discharge from physiotherapy management. Outcomes were patient-reported pain (numerical rating scale (NRS 0 to 10)), patient specific functional score (PSFS), health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) and range of mandibular depression (mm). Exploratory analyses compared baseline to follow-up scores on discharge from physiotherapy. Results: 79 patients (mean age 40 (SD 18); female 87%) received physiotherapy. At discharge, there was a mean reduction in pain: 2.8 (95% CI 2.0 to 3.6), improvement in function: 4.0 (95% CI 4.7 to 3.3), improvement in health: 0.139 (95% CI 0.196 to 0.082) and increase in mandible depression: 6.6. (95% CI 9.1 to 4.1). Conclusions: The results provide early, exploratory evidence that patients with chronic temporomandibular dysfunction treated by physiotherapists achieve clinically important %K Temporomandibular %K Pain %K Orofacial %K Physiotherapy %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=117521