A novel mobile application to determine mandibular and tongue laterality discrimination in women with chronic temporomandibular disorder
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
; 25(6): e775-e783, nov. 2020. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Chronic pain from temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is caused by a somatosensory disturbance due to sustained activation of central nervous system nociceptive pathways, which can induce changes in neuroplasticity in the thalamus, basal ganglia and limbic system, as well as disturbances in the somatosensory, prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortex and cognitive impairment. The main objective of this study was to determine the discrimination capacity of mandibular and tongue laterality between women with chronic TMDs and asymptomatic women. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
This descriptive-comparative study examined 2 groups with a total of 30 women. All participants were between the ages of 23 and 66 years and were assigned to the chronic TMD group or the asymptomatic group according to the inclusion criteria. We employed a mobile application developed specifically for this study to measure the accuracy and reaction time (RT) of mandibular and tongue laterality discrimination.RESULTS:
The chronic TMD group had a lower success rate in laterality discrimination (mean mandibular accuracy of 40% and mean tongue accuracy of 67%) than the asymptomatic group (mean mandibular accuracy of 61% and mean tongue accuracy of 90%). These results showed statistically significant differences between the groups for mandibular laterality discrimination (d, 1.14; p < 0.01) and tongue laterality discrimination (d, 0.79; p = 0.03). The asymptomatic group had faster RTs than the chronic TMD group. The data revealed statistically significant differences for the right mandibular RT (d, 0.89; p=0.02) and right tongue RT (d, 0.83; p = 0.03). However, there were no significant differences for left mandibular and left tongue RT.CONCLUSIONS:
We found that the women with chronic TMDs had a lower success rate and slower RTs in the discrimination of mandibular laterality when compared with the asymptomatic womenRESUMEN
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Main subject:
Tongue
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Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
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Mobile Applications
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Mandible
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Universitario La Paz/Spain
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/Spain