Effect of experimental chewing on masticatory muscle pain onset
J. appl. oral sci
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19(1): 34-40, Jan.-Feb. 2011. graf
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the effect of a chewing exercise on pain intensity and pressure-pain threshold in patients with myofascial pain.METHODS:
Twenty-nine consecutive women diagnosed with myofascial pain (MFP) according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria comprised the experimental group and 15 healthy age-matched female were used as controls. Subjects were asked to chew a gum stick for 9 min and to stay at rest for another 9 min afterwards. Pain intensity was rated on a visual analog scale (VAS) every 3 min. At 0, 9 and 18 min, the pressure-pain threshold (PPT) was measured bilaterally on the masseter and the anterior, medium, and posterior temporalis muscles.RESULTS:
Patients with myofascial pain reported increase (76 percent) and no change (24 percent) on the pain intensity measured with the VAS. A reduction of the PPT at all muscular sites after the exercise and a non-significant recovery after rest were also observed.CONCLUSION:
The following conclusions can be drawn 1. there are at least two subtypes of patients with myofascial pain that respond differently to experimental chewing; 2. the chewing protocol had an adequate discriminative ability in distinguishing patients with myofascial pain from healthy controls.
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Sujet Principal:
Algie faciale
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Mastication
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Muscles masticateurs
Type d'étude:
Guide de pratique
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Étude observationnelle
Limites du sujet:
Adolescent
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Adulte
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Femelle
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
J. appl. oral sci
Thème du journal:
Dentisterie
Année:
2011
Type:
Article
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descriptif de projet
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
State University of Maringá/BR
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University of São Paulo/BR
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