Inter-examiner reliability of physical assessment methods for assessing temporomandibular disorders

General Dentistry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-513

  Lausten, Leonard L ^a   Glaros, Alan G ^b   Williams, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Beulah McCollum ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; TECHNIQUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ARTHRALGIA; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 11844250641     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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