Int J Physiother Res 2016;4(6):1788-92. ISSN 2321-1822 1788 Original Research Article COM PARISON OF M USCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE AND M YOFAS- CIAL RELEASE TECHNIQUE ON PAIN AND RANGE OF M OTION IN PATIENTS W ITH TEM POROM ANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION: A RANDOM IZED CONTROLLED STUDY Parth Trivedi * 1 , Preeti Bhatt 2 , Sathiyavani Dhanakotti 3 , Gopal Nambi 4 . *1 Lecturer, C.M. Patel College of Physiotherapy, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. 2 Drug Safety Physician, Apcer Lifesciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. 3 Vice-Principal, C.U.Shah Physiotherapy College, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. 4 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medi- cal Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz University, Al.Kharaj, Saudi Arabia. Background: Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD) refers to a group of problems related to the temporo- mandibular joint. The etiology of TMJD is still unclear and is believed to be complex. Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) disorders are generally divided into two categories; articular disorders (e.g., ankylosis, developmental disorders, disk derangement disorders, fractures, etc.) & masticatory muscle disorders (e.g., myofascial pain, myofibrotic contracture, etc.). Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Muscle Energy Technique and Myofascial Release Technique on pain and range of motion in temporomandibular joint dysfunction patients. M aterials and M ethods: Chronic temporomandibular joint dysfunction patients (N=36) were recruited and ran- domly allocated into three groups (Muscle Energy Technique- MET; Myofascial Release Technique-MFR and Control; N=12 in each group). All the groups completed 4 weeks of intervention. Results: The 4 weeks of treatment program resulted in significant improvement in reduction of pain (NPRS p<0.05) & increase in range of motion (p<0.05) in TMJD patients which was not evident in the control group. However, MET was found to be more clinically effective compared to MFR in all outcome scores. Conclusions: Both MET and MFR are effective in reducing pain and increasing ROM in chronic TMJD subjects. However, MET was found to be superior to MFR. KEY W ORDS : Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, Muscle Energy Technique; Myofascial Release Technique, NPRS& ROM . ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Address for correspondence:Dr. Parth Trivedi. PT., Lecturer, C.M. Patel College of Physiotherapy, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. E-M ail: drparthtrivedi@live.in International Journal of Physiotherapy and Research, Int J Physiother Res 2016, Vol 4(6):1788-92. ISSN 2321-1822 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijpr.2016.192 Quick Response code Access this Article online International Journal of Physiotherapy and Research ISSN 2321- 1822 www.ijmhr.org/ ijpr.html DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2016.192 Received: 08-11-2016 Peer Review: 09-11-2016 Revised: None Accepted: 28-11-2016 Published (O): 11-12-2016 Published (P): 11-12-2016 structures related to it [1,2]. Temporomandibular dysfunction is a musculosk- eletal disorder of the masticatory system affect- ing more than 25% of the general population [3]. Temporomandibular dysfunction, also referred to as craniomandibular disorders, consist of cluster of pathologies affecting the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint and