Palpation of the lateral pterygoid area in the myofascial pain diagnosis

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Conti, Paulo César Rodrigues ^a   Dos Santos Silva, Rafael ^a   Nunes Rossetti, Leylha Maria ^b   De Oliveira Ferreira Da Silva, Renato ^a   Do Valle, Accácio Lins ^a   Gelmini, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 39049132946     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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