Pressure pain threshold and pain perception in temporomandibular disorder patients: is there any correlation?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Physical evaluation of temporomandibular disorder patients commonly includes evaluation of pain response to muscular and articular palpation and there is a considerable uncertainty of how self-reported pain intensity relates to Pressure Pain Threshold obtained in an algome...

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Main Authors: Juliana Stuginski-Barbosa, Rafael Santos Silva, Carolina Ortigosa Cunha, Leonardo Rigoldi Bonjardim, Ana Cláudia de Castro Ferreira Conti, Paulo César Rodrigues Conti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor
Series:Revista Dor
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132015000100022&lng=en&tlng=en