Palpation and pressure pain threshold: Reliability and validity in patients with temporomandibular disorders

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-210

  Gomes, Marden Batista ^a,b   Guimarães, Josemar Parreira ^b   Guimarães, Franceane Carbogin ^b   Neves, Ana Cristina Claro ^c  

^a University of Viçosa   (Brazil)

^b School of Medicine University of Juiz de Fora   (Brazil)

^c Campus da Juta   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 48749124994     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2008.027     Document Type: Article

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