title: Association of functional state of stomatognathic system with mobility of cervical spine and neck muscle tenderness.
abstract: Clinical signs of craniomandibular disorder, the mobility of the cervical spine, and neck-shoulder muscle tenderness were assessed or measured in a nonpatient sample of 57 and a patient sample of 76 subjects. Examinations performed after a 1-year interval showed that the frequency of signs of craniomandibular disorder had remained virtually unchanged. The functional state of the stomatognathic system was significantly associated with both mobility of the cervical spine and neck-shoulder muscle tenderness.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirveskari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alanen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karskela
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaitaniemi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holtari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009333:Neck; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications; D010173:Palpation; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013284:Stomatognathic System / Q000502:physiology*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000150:complications*