Journal of oral rehabilitation

The most recent articles from: J Oral Rehabil August 2020

J Oral Rehabil · Aug 2020

"Pressure pain threshold over masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis".

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an autoimmune, chronic, inflammatory joint disease, affecting children and adolescents. Patients with JIA may have pain and fatigue in muscles. There are not studies evaluating the pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) of both masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in patients with JIA. ⋯ Patients with JIA have generally lowered pain threshold to mechanical stimulus, which suggests an effect of JIA on nocicepton-modulating processes.

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