Inter-examiner reliability in the clinical examination of temporomandibular disorders: Influence of age

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-46

  Hassel, Alexander J ^a   Rammelsberg, Peter ^a   Schmitter, Marc ^a  

^a Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Reliability; TMJ disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 33645020891     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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