Seventeenth century philosopher Rene Descartes posed that a signal from a painful
stimulus detected in the periphery would travel passively upward along a specific “hard …

A stress-muscle hyperactivity-pain (SMP) model has been proposed to explain the etiology
of certain musculoskeletal pain disorders. According to this model, subjects should show …

The goal of this study was to determine the influence of psychological stress on non‐
pathologic physical pain in a general population. Data pertaining to the source of, response …

The objective of this research was to identify the psychological and physiological variables
that differentiate persons reporting masticatory muscle pain (MMP) from normal controls …

This study examined the role of stress in subjects having combined muscle and
temporomandibular joint pain compared to subjects having only muscle pain or only joint …

REVIEW AND SUMMARY Pain is no longer viewed as a simple sensory event signaling
tissue damage. Nor is it reasonable to simply categorize pain as either of organic or …

Chronic facial muscle pain is a common feature in both fibromyalgia (FM) and myofascial
(MF) pain conditions. In this controlled study, a possible difference in the mode of …

Abstract Aims: To investigate (1) differences in heart rate variability (HRV) indices between
masticatory muscle pain (MMP) patients and pain-free controls at rest, during a stressor …

For most people anxiety over dental treatmentcenters around the element of pain. It is
therefore important for the dental practitioner to maximize the possibility for ameliorating the …