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NCT06131879: RCS
Laser Versus Physiotherapy in Management of Bruxism in Children: RCS
NA trial testing Laser acupuncture in Bruxism in 16 participants. Completed in 19 October 2023.
15 September 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | National Research Centre, Egypt |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 16 |
| Start date | 22 August 2023 |
| Primary completion | 15 September 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 19 October 2023 |
| Sites | 1 location across Egypt |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Laser acupuncture
- Modified physical therapy
Conditions studied
- Bruxism — all drugs for Bruxism →
Sponsor
National Research Centre, Egypt — full company profile →
Who can join
Adults 6 to 12, any sex, with Bruxism. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The goal of this randomized controlled study is to compare laser acupuncture versus modified physical therapy in controlling bruxism in children. The main questions aim to answer are: * Laser will decrease tempro-mandibular joint pain from bruxism more than modified physical therapy? * Laser will decrease muscles activity from bruxism more than modified physical therapy? Children took 6 sessions of either laser acupuncture or modified physical therapy Researchers compared laser acupuncture versus modified physical therapy to see if any decrease in tempro-mandibular joint pain and muscles activity from bruxism
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Evaluation of laser acupuncture versus physical therapy intervention in management of bruxism in children: a randomized controlled trial.
Rashed MF, Mohamed MA, Mohamed NER, Mansy ME. · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40045349 · DOI 10.1186/s12903-025-05626-x
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06131879 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by National Research Centre, Egypt
- Last refreshed: 14 November 2023
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