Can chronic irritations of the trigeminal nerve cause musculoskeletal disorders?
In this article, five cases of odontogenous dysfunctions and musculoskeletal complaints are presented. A common finding in all patients of this study was that the presence of joint complaints was related to deficits in the corresponding muscular function. These deficits were determined by manual muscle tests as described by Kendall et al. [Muscles - Testing and Function, ed 4. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1993] and were eliminated immediately by a neural therapeutic test injection into the disturbed dental region. The therapy provided solely aimed to eliminate the odontogenous dysfunction. No other therapeutic measures were carried out with regard to the patients' respective muscle, tendon, or joint complaints.
Schmidt
Marco
M
Potsdam Centre for Biological Regulation Medicine, University of Potsdam, Germany. schmidt@gfbrm.de
Hennke
Thomas
T
Knöchel
Mira
M
Kürten
Achim
A
Hierholzer
Johannes
J
Daniel
Peter
P
Bittmann
Frank
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000294:innervation; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations; D009430:Neural Analyzers / Q000503:physiopathology; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*