Is there a relationship between head posture and craniomandibular pain?

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1030-1036

  Visscher, C M ^a   De Boer, W ^a   Lobbezoo, F ^a   Habets, L L M H ^a   Naeije, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical spine disorders; Craniomandibular disorders; Head posture; Neck pain; Temporomandibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036833872     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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