PMID- 2135317
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920528
LR  - 20191029
IS  - 0389-5386 (Print)
IS  - 0389-5386 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 3
DP  - 1990 Jun
TI  - [Quantification of tenderness of masticatory muscle].
PG  - 573-8
AB  - As more dentists diagnose and treat the patient with temporomandibular disorders, 
      muscle palpation has been recognized as a valuable diagnostic method. But this 
      method was depended on sensibility and experience of the operator. The purpose of 
      this study was to establish the quantification of muscle palpation by new 
      pressure pain threshold apparatus. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) was determined 
      by the subject when a ramp force applied to the skin changed from "pressure" to 
      "pain". The subjects for the experiments were 90 normal males, 100 normal females 
      and one patient with temporomandibular disorders. Total of 12 sites, anterior 
      temporal M., posterior temporal M., superficial portion of masseter M. and deep 
      portion of masseter M., were measured. The results obtained were as follows: 1. 
      The females showed lower PPT than the males. 2. No difference of PPT between 
      right and left sides was recognized in normal subject, but the significant 
      difference in the patient. 3. PPT of the normal subjects were significantly 
      higher in the posterior temporal M. than the other sites and lower in the 
      superficial portion of masseter M. than the other sites.
FAU - Kimura, K
AU  - Kimura K
AD  - Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka Dental University.
FAU - Tanaka, M
AU  - Tanaka M
FAU - Ueda, N
AU  - Ueda N
FAU - Hirayama, M
AU  - Hirayama M
FAU - Kawazoe, T
AU  - Kawazoe T
LA  - jpn
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Nihon Hotetsu Shika Gakkai Zasshi
JT  - Nihon Hotetsu Shika Gakkai zasshi
JID - 7505724
MH  - Facial Pain/*diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Masticatory Muscles/*physiopathology
MH  - Pain Measurement/*instrumentation
MH  - Palpation
MH  - Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/diagnosis
EDAT- 1990/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 1990/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 1990/06/01 00:00
PHST- 1990/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1990/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1990/06/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.2186/jjps.34.573 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nihon Hotetsu Shika Gakkai Zasshi. 1990 Jun;34(3):573-8. doi: 
      10.2186/jjps.34.573.