Effect of peripheral NMDA receptor blockade with ketamine on chronic myofascial pain in temporomandibular disorder patients: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Orofacial Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-130

  Castrillon, Eduardo E ^a   Cairns, Brian E ^b   Ernberg, Malin ^c   Wang, Kelun ^d   Sessle, Barry J ^e   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^d   Svensson, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; Glutamate; Ketamine; Muscle pain; Orofacial pain; Temporomandibular disorders; Trigeminal physiology

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; BITE FORCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 44849106902     PISSN: 10646655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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