Correction of the maxillary occlusal plane relieves persistent headache and shoulder stiffness

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Ueda, Hiroyasu ^b   Yamada, Toshisuke ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^b   Ebihara, Satoru ^b   Kuraishi, Minoru ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a   Tamura, Minoru ^a   Shimizu, Atsushi ^a   He, Mei ^b   Sasaki, Hidetada ^b,c  

^a Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Akita University of Nursing and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Clinical symptoms; Dens; Maxillary occlusal plane; Neck rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NAUSEA; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER;

EID: 20244388402     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.319     Document Type: Article

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