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ReviewJournal of oral & facial pain and headache2025

Jaw muscle and joint psychophysics-relevance for clinical orofacial pain practice and research. A narrative review.

Peter Svensson, Fernando G Exposto, Yuri Costa

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Review in Journal of oral & facial pain and headache, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Peter SvenssonFaculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 119085 Singapore, Singapore.
Fernando G ExpostoSection for Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Yuri CostaDepartment of Biosciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

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Abstract

Diagnosis of jaw muscle and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain has been greatly standardized with the development and implementation of the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD). A significant part of the DC/TMD examination-pain on palpation and jaw movements-relies on psychophysical principles in the clinical procedures. Thus, it is essential that examiners are aware of the strengths and limitations of such techniques. Here we first review the background and psychophysical techniques used in the clinic and then discuss opportunities to apply both simple and more advanced modifications in research settings to further understand musculoskeletal pain mechanisms and signatures. The goal is to facilitate development of individualized treatment and precision medicine for which a good starting point seems to be careful pain phenotyping where psychophysical testing may play a substantial role.

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Facial PainMasticatory MusclesTemporomandibular JointTemporomandibular Joint DisordersHumansPain MeasurementPsychophysicsNarrative reviewNeuroscienceOrofacial painPain assessmentPsychophysicsTemporomandibular disorders

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PMID40129419
PMCPMC11934744

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