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Association Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cervical Spine or Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review.
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- The effects of physiotherapy on neck pain with associated symptoms, ıncludıng cervicogenic dizziness and tinnitus: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
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- Otologic Manifestations of Temporomandibular Disorders.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Tinnitus, temporomandibular disorders and muscle activity: what's the connection?Brazilian oral research · 2026Article
- Somatosensory Intervention Targeting Temporomandibular Disorders and Awake Bruxism Positively Impacts Subjective Tinnitus.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Tinnitus in patients with orofacial complaints.Head & face medicine · 2025Article
- The Effect of Physical Therapy on Somatosensory Tinnitus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Tinnitus: Clinical Insights in Its Pathophysiology-A Perspective.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2024Review
- Dental patients' tinnitus profile: prevalence, types, and associated factors with oral and maxillofacial diseases.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- AUDISTIMAudiology research · 2024Article
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction in relation to tinnitus in Peruvian patients: A cross-sectional study.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
- Association of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Tinnitus with Normal Audiogram.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Interventions for Temporomandibular Disorders Associated with Tinnitus: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Effects of Physical Interventions on Subjective Tinnitus, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2023Review
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- Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Surgery for Cervical Spondylosis with Concomitant Tinnitus: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.Orthopaedic surgery · 2023Article
- Bracket Transfer Accuracy with the Indirect Bonding Technique-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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- Association of erectile dysfunction with tinnitus: a nationwide population-based study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Movements of the neck and jaw may modulate the loudness and pitch of tinnitus. The aim of the present study was to systematically analyze the strength of associations between subjective tinnitus, cervical spine disorders (CSD), and temporomandibular disorders (TMD). A systematic literature search of the Medline, Embase, and Pedro databases was carried out on articles published up to September 2017. This covered studies in which tinnitus and CSD or TMD were studied as a primary or a secondary outcome and in which outcomes were compared with a control group. Included articles were evaluated on nine methodological quality criteria. Associations between tinnitus and CSD or TMD were expressed as odds ratios. In total, 2,139 articles were identified, of which 24 studies met the inclusion criteria. Twice, two studies were based on the same data set; consequently, 22 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Methodological quality was generally limited by a lack of blinding, comparability of groups, and nonvalidated instruments for assessing CSD. Results indicated that patients with tinnitus more frequently reported CSD than subjects without tinnitus. The odds ratio was 2.6 (95% CI [1.1, 6.4]). For TMD, a bidirectional association with tinnitus was found; odds ratios ranged from 2.3 (95%CI [1.5, 3.6]) for arthrogenous TMD to 6.7 (95%CI [2.4, 18.8]) for unspecified TMD. Funnel plots suggested a publication bias. After adjusting for this, the odds ratios decreased, but associations persisted. There is weak evidence for an association between subjective tinnitus and CSD and a bidirectional association between tinnitus and TMD.
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