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Post-poliomyelitis syndrome (PPS) is characterized by the delayed appearance of new neuromuscular symptoms in patients several years after their acute poliomyelitis paralysis. Clinical features of PPS include fatigue, joint and muscle pain, new muscular weakness and bulbar symptoms. The diagnosis is essentially clinical after excluding other neurol...
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... the clinical interview, the patient reported tooth clenching, which was confirmed by the present of wear facets on several teeth (Figure 1). The clinical examination also revealed a clicking sound on mouth opening/closure at the left TMJ and tenderness to palpation of the lower portion of the left lateral pterygoid muscle and masseter muscles of the both sides. ...
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... The present findings also show that the distinction between localized and generalized pain in TMD is important both for patient diagnosis and for treatment target. Since psychosocial factors play a role in the pathogenesis of musculoskeletal pain 25 , the knowledge of TMD subgroups characteristics and their functional impairments could help to target treatment approach. ...
AIM:
To compare temporomandibular (TMD) subgroups classified according to the presence of localized pain (LP) or widespread pain (WP) in order to assess the quality of life domains and verify which components affect most the functional capacity of facial pain patients.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was conducted and the Short Form-36 Health Survey was applied in order to assess quality of life. Thirty-nine TMD/WP patients, 37 TMD/LP patients and 40 subjects free of TMD complaints were evaluated.
RESULTS:
TMD/WP patients differed significantly from healthy controls in all SF-36 components and TMD/LP patients ranked between them. It was also observed that patients with bodily pain and TMD with WP are respectively, 4.16 and 49.42 times more likely to have low functional capacity.
CONCLUSIONS:
Functional capacity in TMD subgroups was only affected by the presence of bodily pain and WP. These patients feature high chance of low functional capacity. Furthermore, TMD patients with localized and widespread pain share role-emotional impairments.
