<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-10-19T00:02:54Z</responseDate><request verb="GetRecord" identifier="oai:ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:ebyu/12144" metadataPrefix="oai_dc">https://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/oai/request</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:ebyu/12144</identifier><datestamp>2026-10-18T21:13:28Z</datestamp><setSpec>openaire</setSpec><setSpec>driver</setSpec><setSpec>com_ebyu_10000</setSpec><setSpec>col_ebyu_10001</setSpec></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The effectiveness of the masseteric nerve block compared with trigger point injections and dry needling in myofascial pain</dc:title><dc:creator>Taşkesen, Fatih</dc:creator><dc:creator>Cezairli, Burak</dc:creator><dc:subject>dry needling</dc:subject><dc:subject>injections</dc:subject><dc:subject>masseter muscle</dc:subject><dc:subject>myalgia</dc:subject><dc:subject>nerve block</dc:subject><dc:subject>Trigger points</dc:subject><dc:subject>Anesthetics, Local</dc:subject><dc:subject>Humans</dc:subject><dc:subject>Mandibular Nerve</dc:subject><dc:subject>Myofascial Pain Syndromes</dc:subject><dc:subject>Pain</dc:subject><dc:subject>local anesthetic agent</dc:subject><dc:subject>human</dc:subject><dc:subject>myofascial pain</dc:subject><dc:subject>trigger point</dc:subject><dc:description>Objective: To compare the efficacy of three different treatment methods in the management of myofascial pain: masseteric nerve block (MNB), trigger point injection with local anesthetic (LA), and dry needling (DN). Methods: Forty-five patients diagnosed with myofascial pain and trigger points in masseter muscles were treated with MNB (n = 15), DN (n = 15), and trigger point injection with LA (n = 15). Pain on palpation (PoP), pain on function (PoF), and maximum mouth opening (MMO) scores were measured and compared before the injections and all follow-ups after the injections. Results: MMO values were significantly increased in each group. The decrease in PoF values was statistically significant between the groups at 12 weeks (baseline time period). Discussion: Results of the present study indicate that MNB was not as effective as trigger point injection with local anesthetic or dry-needling in the management of masticatory myofascial pain. © 2020 Taylor &amp; Francis Group, LLC.</dc:description><dc:publisher>Taylor and Francis Ltd.</dc:publisher><dc:date>2023</dc:date><dc:type>Article</dc:type><dc:identifier>https://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/12144</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2020.1820686</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>0886-9634</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:relation>Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice</dc:relation><dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights><dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type><dc:identifier>https://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/ebyu/12144</dc:identifier></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>