Table 2.

Patient-reported mTMD treatments by widespread pain and fibromyalgia status

	All mTMD		Widespread pain					ACR research diagnosis fibromyalgia
	N =125		WSP+	N =53	TMD only	N =72		FM+	N =26	FM−	N =98
Pre-coded treatments	%	N	%	N	%	N	p value	%	N	%	N	p value
Oral appliance or bite plate	59	74	53	28	64	46	0.21	58	15	60	59	0.82
Physical therapy	54	68	64	34	47	34	0.06	65	17	52	51	0.27
Jaw exercise (at home)	35	44	38	20	33	24	0.61	38	10	35	34	0.72
Acupuncture	20	25	28	15	14	10	0.05	27	7	18	18	0.41
Chiropractic manipulation	18	22	28	15	10	7	0.01	27	7	14	14	0.15
Trigger point injection	14	17	15	8	13	9	0.79	15	4	13	13	0.75
TENS	8	10	11	6	6	4	0.32	12	3	7	7	0.44
Biofeedback	4	5	6	3	3	2		0	0	5	5
Write-in treatments
Exercise/yoga	7	9	6	3	8	6		8	2	7	7
Meditation/breathing	6	7	9	5	3	2		12	3	4	4
Warm compress	2	3	4	2	1	1		4	1	2	2
Massage	3	4	4	2	3	2		4	1	3	3
Botox	2	2	4	2	0	0		4	1	1	1
Other alternative medicine practice	2	2	4	2	0	0		8	2	0	0
Selective occlusal adjustment	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	1	1
Vocal exercise	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	1	1
Any traditional TMD treatment	91	114	96	51	88	63	0.12	100	26	90	88	0.12
Any non-traditional TMD treatment	45	56	60	32	33	24	0.00	62	16	40	39	0.05
Any alternative medicine	32	40	49	26	19	14	0.00	50	13	27	26	0.03
Any self-management treatment	45	56	49	26	42	30	0.41	50	13	44	43	0.58

Traditional treatments = oral appliance, physical therapy for facial pain, jaw exercises at home, trigger point injections, and transcutaneous nerve stimulations (TENS); Any nontraditional treatment = all others not included in traditional treatments; Any alternative medicine = chiropractic manipulation, acupuncture, other practitioner-based treatment; Any self-management = jaw exercises, warm compress, exercise or yoga, meditation or breathing exercise, massage including inverted table, and vocal exercises Italic estimates are significant at p value < 0.10