1. Chronic stress and temporalis muscle activity in TMD patients and controls during sleep: a pilot study in females
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Carolin Malsch, Horst Kares, Hans J. Schindler, Alexandra Kares-Vrincianu, and Marc Schmitter
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Adult ,Work ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Sleep Bruxism ,Pilot Projects ,Temporal Muscle ,Electromyography ,Anxiety ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Germany ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Medicine ,Chronic stress ,General Dentistry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Aged ,Pain Measurement ,Anamnesis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Chronic pain ,030206 dentistry ,Middle Aged ,Temporomandibular Joint Disorders ,medicine.disease ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Chronic Pain ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Somatization ,Stress, Psychological - Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between chronic stress and temporalis muscle activity during four nights. Forty-four female subjects were recruited in five dental practices located in different areas of the federal state of Saarland, Germany (dental practice network in Saarland). The following inclusion criteria were used: female, aged between 18 and 65, no somatization or depression, and no pain medication, graded chronic pain status
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- 2018
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