Temporomandibular joint pain: Diagnostic characteristics of chronicity

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1088-1092

  Kafas, P ^a,b   Chiotaki, N ^a   Stavrianos, Ch ^a   Stavrianou, I ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute; Chronic; Diagnostic characteristics; TMJ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TIME;

EID: 37349048915     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.1088.1092     Document Type: Article

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