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- Title
Subjects with temporomandibular joint disc displacement and body posture assessment via rasterstereography: a pilot case-control study.
- Authors
DI PAOLO, C.; PAPI, P.; FALISI, G.; POMPA, G.; SANTILLI, V.; POLIMENI, A.; FIORINI, A.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The possible relationship between temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and body posture is still controversial. Rasterstereography has been introduced as a radiation-free, reliable and non-invasive method to analyze three-dimensional spinal posture. The aim of this case-control study is to evaluate, through rasterstereography, body posture parameters in a group of patients with reducible unilateral dislocation of the articular disc, compared to healthy volunteers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Rasterstereographic recordings obtained were compared between the two groups with a paired t-student test. Furthermore, the relationship between Rasterstereographic recordings and clinical data in the TMD group were analyzed by means of multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: Only lateral deviation was statistically significant different between the two groups (rms VPDM Control group 40% > TMD group, p=0.02; 43% control group VPDM max > TMD group, p<0.02). In the TMD group, a significant relationship (p<0.05) was found out between lateral and rotational deviations of the column and muscular pain, therefore suggesting a possible overactivity of the masticatory muscles, especially of lateral pterygoids' bilaterally and the left masseter. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with reducible unilateral disc displacement showed limited postural alterations compared to healthy volunteers, only lateral deviations (VPDM rms and VPDMmax) were statistically significant (OE <0.05) between the two groups.
- Subjects
POSTURE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR joint; MASTICATORY muscles; CASE-control method; MULTIPLE regression analysis; PILOT projects
- Publication
European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences, 2020, Vol 24, Issue 17, p8703
- ISSN
1128-3602
- Publication type
Article