ArticleJournal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons2017
Is There an Association Between Temporomandibular Joint Effusion and Arthralgia?
Article in Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- What is associated with joint effusion in the temporomandibular joint, disc displacement, or degenerative bone changes? : a radiological study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Association between TMD signs and symptoms, condyle alterations and joint effusion: an MRI retrospective study.Brazilian oral research · 2026Observational
- Clinical and MRI markers for acute vs chronic temporomandibular disorders using a machine learning and deep neural networks.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Temporomandibular joint effusion: Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Automatic detection and visualization of temporomandibular joint effusion with deep neural network.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Temporomandibular Joint Effusion, Pain, and Jaw Function Limitation: A 2D and 3D Comparative Study.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- Neuroendocrine Influencers and Associated Factors That Shape Jaw Movement and Growth in Temporomandibular Joint Disorder Management: A Systematic Review of Clinical and Radiographic Evidence.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Examination for the Factors Involving to Joint Effusion in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Journal of imaging · 2023Article
- A Comparative Study of Temporomandibular Joints in Adults with Definite Sleep Bruxism on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cone-Beam Computer Tomography Images.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Comparison of imaging findings of 714 symptomatic and asymptomatic temporomandibular joints: a retrospective study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThe literature on joint effusion (JE) and its association with clinical and radiologic variables in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is inconsistent and is characterized by multiple methodologic limitations. The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate the association between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) identified JE and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthralgia. The secondary aim of this investigation was to determine the association between JE and other clinical and MRI-identified soft tissue characteristics. MATERIALS AND
methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted. Clinical and soft tissue imaging assessments were carried out according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders guidelines. The dependent variable was JE and the primary independent variable was arthralgia. The secondary independent variables were TMJ pain-associated characteristics and MRI-identified variables. When applicable, Pearson χ
resultsData for 158 participants, representing 312 joints, were extracted. The mean age of the female sample (59.4%) was 31 ± 11.1 years and that of the male sample (40.6%) was 29.8 ± 9.7 years. No association was found between JE and arthralgia. However, statistically significant associations were found between JE and lateral disc rotation (P = .001) and between JE and disc position in the coronal and sagittal planes (P = .001). The GEE model suggested that disc displacement with reduction (odds ratio = 2.5) was a statistically relevant contributing factor for JE in the absence of degenerative joint disease.
conclusionResults associated JE with the position of the disc in the sagittal plane. No association was found between JE and arthralgia or TMJ pain-associated clinical characteristics in patients with TMDs.
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