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International consensus on the most useful assessments used by physical therapists to evaluate patients with temporomandibular disorders: A Delphi study by Harry von Piekartz; Julius Schwiddessen; Lukas Reineke; Susan Armijo‐Olivio; Débora Bevilaqua‐Grossi; Daniela A. Biasotto Gonzalez; Gabriela Carvalho; Eve Chaput; Erin Cox; Cesar Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas; Inae Caroline Gadotti; Alfonso Gil Martínez; Anita Gross; Toby Hall; Marisa Hoffmann; Elisabeth Heggem Julsvoll; Micheal Karegeannes; Roy La Touche; Jeffrey Mannheimer; Laurent Pitance; Mariano Rocabado; Mark Strickland; Wolfgang Stelzenmüller; Caroline Speksnijder; Hedwig Aleida van der Meer; Kerstin Luedke; Nicolaus Ballenberger is a Dentistry article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Objective To identify assessment tools used to evaluate patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) considered to be clinically most useful by a panel of international experts in TMD physical therapy (PT). ## Methods A Delphi survey method administered to a panel of international experts in TMD PT was conducted over three rounds from October 2017 to June 2018. The initial contact was made by email. Participation was voluntary. An e‐survey, according to the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E‐Surveys (CHERRIES), was posted using SurveyMonkey for each round. Percentages of responses were analysed for each question from each round of the Delphi survey administrations. ## Results Twenty‐three experts (completion rate: 23/25) completed all three rounds of the survey for three clinical test categories: 1) questionnaires, 2) pain screening tools and 3) physical examination tests. The following was the consensus‐based decision regarding the identification of the clinically most useful assessments. (1) Four of 9 questionnaires were identified: Jaw Functional Limitation (JFL‐8), Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire (MFIQ), Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia fo

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Author

Harry von Piekartz; Julius Schwiddessen; Lukas Reineke; Susan Armijo‐Olivio; Débora Bevilaqua‐Grossi; Daniela A. Biasotto Gonzalez; Gabriela Carvalho; Eve Chaput; Erin Cox; Cesar Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas; Inae Caroline Gadotti; Alfonso Gil Martínez; Anita Gross; Toby Hall; Marisa Hoffmann; Elisabeth Heggem Julsvoll; Micheal Karegeannes; Roy La Touche; Jeffrey Mannheimer; Laurent Pitance; Mariano Rocabado; Mark Strickland; Wolfgang Stelzenmüller; Caroline Speksnijder; Hedwig Aleida van der Meer; Kerstin Luedke; Nicolaus Ballenberger

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0305-182X)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)