Eye movements in relation to rhythmic masticatory muscle activities in patients with sleep bruxism.

Sleep Med

Neurological Institute of Jiangxi Province and Department of Neurology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, PR China. Electronic address:

Published: January 2020

Objectives: To characterize eye movements during rhythmic masticatory muscle activities (RMMAs) in patients with sleep bruxism (SB).

Methods: Polysomnographic (PSG) recordings were performed on SB patients and normal controls during sleep (n = 8 for each group) and wakefulness (n = 9 for each group). The eye movements associated with episodes of RMMAs/SB during sleep and jaw movements during wakefulness were analyzed.

Results: During sleep, all episodes of RMMAs/SB in the SB patients and controls were associated with eye movements and most of the RMMAs/SB related slow eye movements (SB patients: 96.29%, 1583/1644; Controls: 97.49%, 543/557) were horizontal in the SB patients and controls. During wakefulness, all of the series of jaw movements were associated with eye movements. Most of cycles of jaw movements (SB patients: 88.89%, 200/225; Controls: 95.11%, 214/225) were associated with slow eye movements and most of the eye movements (SB patients: 52.50%, 105/200; Controls: 61.21%, 131/214) were vertical. There were significant correlations between the durations of episodes of eye movements and RMMAs/SB during sleep and between the duration of episodes of eye movements and duration of series of jaw movements during wakefulness in the SB patients and controls.

Conclusions: Most of RMMAs/SB episodes during sleep and jaw movements during wakefulness are associated with eye movements in SB patients and normal controls.

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