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- Sonia Sharma, Heidi C Crow, W D McCall, and Yoly M Gonzalez.
- Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. soniasha@buffalo.edu
- J Orofac Pain. 2013 Jan 1;27(1):51-60.
AimsTo conduct a systematic review of papers reporting the reliability and diagnostic validity of the joint vibration analysis (JVA) for diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD).MethodsA 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.ResultsFifteen publications were included in this review, each of which presented methodological limitations.ConclusionThis literature is unable to provide evidence to support the reliability and diagnostic validity of the JVA for diagnosis of TMD.
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