abstract The relationship between background characteristics, stress, reported symptoms
and clinical findings was studied in a group comprising 333 patients with Myofascial Pain …

Aims: To compare the tactile detection threshold, the filamentprick pain detection threshold,
the pressure pain threshold, and the pressure pain tolerance detection threshold at multiple …

Comparison of autonomic and muscular response to experimentally induced stress in
normal individuals and patients with myofascial pain dysfunction (MPD) syndrome revealed …

Objective To assess the relationship between psychoemotional state and signs of oral cavity
occlusal and nonocclusal parafunctions, together with masseter muscle tone, in …

Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) of the bilateral masseter and temporalis muscles were
assessed over a single day and in between 2 days with the aid of an electronic algometer in …

The aim of the present investigation is to test the null hypothesis that the presence of
psychopathology in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is related to the …

Aims: To test the hypothesis that the ovarian cycle influences the pressure-pain threshold of
the masticatory muscles. Methods: Eighteen healthy women with a regular menstrual cycle …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of anxiety and
depression in temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patient subgroups and in controls with or …

summary This study tested the hypothesis that muscle related temporomandibular disorder
patients with cervical muscle pain exhibit greater degree of psychological distress compared …

This case–control study was designed to investigate the contributing factors for chronic
masticatory myofascial pain (MFP). Eighty-three patients with MFP, selected from the dental …