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- Title
Severity of temporomandibular dysfunction and its relationship with body posture.
- Authors
Melita Wiest, Daniele; Candotti, Cláudia Tarragô; Sedrez, Juliana Adami; Pivotto, Luiza Rampi; da Costa, Letícia Miranda Resende; Loss, Jefferson Fagundes
- Abstract
This study aimed to identify if there is a correlation between temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) severity and body posture, as well as to show the differences in body posture in different degrees of severity. Seventy-one women aged 18-35 years were assessed for TMD severity and body posture and were divided into: Group without TMD and Group with TMD. We used the Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire and the Digital Image-Based Postural Assessment software for postural evaluation by photogrammetry. Statistical analysis was performed with one-way ANOVA and Kendall's Tau B correlation test (a<0.05). The groups with and without TMD presented statistical differences, with large effect size (ŋ2>0.528), for: cervical lordosis, drive and pelvic tilt. Regarding the correlation of posture with TMD severity, weak but significant indexes were found: cervical lordosis angle (t=0.250), dorsal kyphosis angle (t=0.192), pelvic tilt angle (t=-0.222) and pelvic drive measurement (t=0.283). These results indicate that cervical lordosis and pelvic drive are increased according to the severity of the TMD, while the pelvic tilt angle decreases, tending to a retroversion. Despite the weak correlations, the results show some relationship between body posture and TMD.
- Subjects
CERVICAL vertebrae; STATISTICAL correlation; KYPHOSIS; SCIENTIFIC observation; PELVIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; DATA analysis; BODY movement; SEVERITY of illness index; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LORDOSIS; ONE-way analysis of variance
- Publication
Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, 2019, Vol 26, Issue 2, p201
- ISSN
1809-2950
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1809-2950/18037026022019