A method for studying jaw muscle activity during standardized jaw movements under experimental jaw muscle pain.
This paper describes a method for studying superficial and deep jaw muscle activity during standardized jaw movements under experimental jaw muscle pain. In 22 healthy adults, pain was elicited in the right masseter muscle via tonic infusion of 4.5% hypertonic saline and which resulted in scores of 30-60 mm on a 100-mm visual analogue scale. Subjects performed tasks in five sessions in a repeated measures design, i.e., control 1, test 1 (during hypertonic or isotonic saline infusion), control 2 (without infusion), test 2 (during isotonic or hypertonic saline infusion), control 3 (without infusion). During each session, subjects performed maximal clenching and standardized jaw tasks, i.e., protrusion, lateral excursion, open/close, chewing. Mandibular movement was recorded with a 6-degree-of-freedom tracking system simultaneously with electromyographic (EMG) activity from the inferior head of the lateral pterygoid muscle with fine-wire electrodes (verified by computer tomography), and from posterior temporalis, the submandibular muscle group and bilateral masseter muscles with surface electrodes. EMG root mean square values were calculated at each 0.5 mm increment of mandibular incisor movement for all tasks under each experimental session. This establishes an experimental model for testing the effects of pain on jaw muscle activity where the jaw motor system is required to perform goal-directed tasks, and therefore should extend our understanding of the effects of pain on the jaw motor system.
Sae-Lee
Daraporn
D
Jaw Function and Orofacial Pain Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Professorial Unit, Level 3, Westmead Hospital Centre for Oral Health, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
Wanigaratne
Kamal
K
Whittle
Terry
T
Peck
Christopher C
CC
Murray
Greg M
GM
D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic / Q000009:adverse effects
D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic