Predictors of the masticatory muscle activity during chewing in patients with myogenous temporomandibular disorder.

Nazim Tolgahan Yildiz Hikmet Kocaman Hasan Yıldırım

Published in: Clinical oral investigations (2023)

The pain intensity, masticatory muscles and TMJ tenderness, and disorder severity are predictors for MMA of the masseter and TA in patients with mTMD. Pain intensity has the most significant importance.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
high intensity
skeletal muscle
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
postoperative pain