Gender variability in palpation performance for temporomandibular disorders with three different methods: An experimental study.

Gender differences in pain reporting and prevalence have been demonstrated. As gender of examiner also affects reporting of pain on palpation, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of examiner gender on palpation performance using three different palpation methods. Examiners of both genders were instructed on the correct technique for each palpation method by either a female or male instructor.

Whiplash trauma did not predict jaw pain after 2 years: an explorative study.

Objectives: To explore predictive factors for the development and maintenance of jaw pain over a 2-year period.

Methods: One hundred nineteen cases (73 women) and 104 controls (59 women), mean age 34.9 years (SD 13.

Development of integrated jaw-neck motor function in children at 6, 10 and 13 years of age compared to adults: A kinematic longitudinal study.

Background: The functional integration of the jaw and neck motor systems, of great importance to everyday oral activities, is established in early childhood. Detailed characterisation of this developmental progress is largely unknown.

Objective: To establish developmental changes in jaw-neck motor function in children over the ages 6-13 years compared to adults.

Clinical signs in the jaw and neck region following whiplash trauma-A 2-year follow-up.

Background: Pain in the orofacial region is often reported after whiplash trauma. However, prospective studies evaluating clinical signs related to orofacial pain and disability in whiplash populations are rare. The aim of the present study was to evaluate clinical signs related to pain and dysfunction in orofacial and neck regions after whiplash trauma, in a short- and long-term perspective.

Jaw-neck motor strategy during jaw-opening with resistance load.

Background: The jaw and neck motor systems have a close functional integration but the effect of resistance load to the mandible during jaw opening on the jaw-neck integration is not known.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of resistance load compared to no load on integrated jaw and neck motor function in individuals free from pain and dysfunction in the jaw and neck regions.

Methods: Jaw and head movements during continuous jaw opening were recorded with an optoelectronic system (MacReflex ) in 26 pain-free individuals (14 women, 12 men, mean age 22 years).