Estudo clínico e eletromiográfico de músculos cervicais em mulheres com e sem disfunção temporomandibular / Clinical and electromyographic study of cervical muscles in women with and without temporomandibular dysfunction

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

30/08/2011

RESUMO

The temporomandibular disorder (TMD) among many symptoms causes orofacial pain. It is also common, the incidence of neck pain complaint, which leads to overlapping signs and symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and cervical spine. This study aimed to compare the patterns of electromyographic activity and the presence and severity of pain in the cervical muscles of women with and without TMD during neck movements. We investigated 37 women with class I Angle aged between 18 and 35 years of age and body mass index from 18 to 25 kg / m². The TMD group was formed by 20 volunteers diagnosed with myogenic TMD, with or without disc displacement tested by the "Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Dysfunction" (RDC / TMD) and control group consisted of 17 women without TMD. To obtain the electromyographic signal it was used the equipment ADS1200 Lynx Electronics Technology Ltd. with eight-channel, portable, gain of 1 to 16,000. Board analog / digital converter with 16 bit resolution and a preamplifier with a gain of 20 times passive bipolar electrodes attached to self-adhesive, disposable, circular shape, made of Ag / AgCl electrode with fixed inter distance of 10 mm. It was used a sampling frequency of 2000 Hz for each channel and band pass filter 20 to 500 Hz, and the electromyographic signal was collected during six seconds in the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), upper trapezium and posterior cervical muscles and a bilateral reference electrode was placed on the wrist on the process ulnar styloid. Isotonic movements were performed for cervical flexion and shoulder elevation and isometric contraction for cervical flexion, cervical extension and elevation of the shoulders, and also at rest. The variables were analyzed through root mean square (rms) and it was calculated the asymmetry index and the co-contraction rate. We used clinical examination to determine presence, location and intensity of neck pain. Comparisons of means for the variables were observed in the experiment by Student s t test for two independent samples and the calculations were performed using the SAS system. The presence of neck pain in the TMD group was more frequent than in the control group with 75% and 25% respectively. The pain was higher in the TMD group for all muscles assessed by palpation with a statistical difference between groups. During movement of the cervical spine, the pain was also higher for TMD in all movements except the suboccipital extension. There was no statistical difference during isometric contraction and rest. Asymmetry index showed values of 8.4% to 14% in the TMD group and 6.8% to 16.6% for control, there was no statistical difference between the groups. For the isotonic movements TMD group had lower values of root mean square in the ECM muscle with constant activity of the posterior cervical muscles and co-contraction ratio of 0.59 and 0.49 respectively in control and TMD (p <0.05)

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cervicalgia transtornos da articulação temporomandibular medição da dor neck pain temporomandibular joint disorders pain measurement

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