Facial pain is frequently associated with environmental stress and emotional distress. One
hypothetical mechanism by which stress is translated into pain is through stress induced …

Stress is recognized as a major predisposing and/or precipitating factor in long-lastig
intractable chronic pain, such as tenporomandibular disorders, headache, and other …

Aims: To assess changes in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) pain and multiple
biobehavioral variables relevant to TMDs in response to an external stressor. Methods: Self …

Aims: To investigate the effects of a natural emotional Stressor on pressure-pain thresholds
(PPTs) of the masticatory muscles of symptom-free subjects. Methods: Sixteen healthy …

It has been noted that stress factors, including coping with stress, are involved in pain
problems. The aim of the present study was, firstly, to investigate the association of stress …

Chronic facial pain is associated with depression, stress and other chronic pain disorders
such as fibromyalgia. There is growing evidence that all these conditions share underlying …

Due to disparate findings across the published studies, the stress-hyperactivity hypothesis
has never been fully accepted as a causal mechanism for chronic muscle pain. Two recent …

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 …

Background The authors conducted a study to examine the degree to which parafunctions
and emotional states predicted jaw pain in subjects with temporomandibular disorder (TMD) …

Aims: To investigate how trait anxiety and stress jointly affect the sensory and jaw motor
responses to a tonic orofacial nociceptive stimulus. Methods: Orthodontic separators were …