title: Systematic review of reliability and diagnostic validity of joint vibration analysis for diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a systematic review of papers reporting the reliability and diagnostic validity of the joint vibration analysis (JVA) for diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A search of Pubmed identified English-language publications of the reliability and diagnostic validity of the JVA. Guidelines were adapted from applied STAndards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies (STARD) to evaluate the publications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen publications were included in this review, each of which presented methodological limitations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This literature is unable to provide evidence to support the reliability and diagnostic validity of the JVA for diagnosis of TMD.
authors: Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. soniasha@buffalo.edu
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Sharma
authors: Heidi C
authors: HC
authors: Crow
authors: W D
authors: WD
authors: McCall
authors: Yoly M
authors: YM
authors: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013016:Sound; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014732:Vibration