Dores musculares cervicais e DTMs: revisão de literatura

• Autor(a) principal: Kawano, Juliana Sayuri [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/149566; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2017-01-27/000866626.pdf
• topic: Mialgia; Músculos mastigatórios; Síndrome da disfunção da articulação temporomandibular; Masticatory muscles

Lots of people suffers with musculoskeletal problems in the back and orofacial region. Currently, the presence of these changes has received attention from researchers as it is a reason for seeking health treatments as well as with the decrease in quality of life. Changes in cervical muscles and posture affect most individuals and appear to be responsible for making the treatments for more complex pain. Among the problems that generate orofacial pain, are present Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) are characterized by a number of signs and symptoms such as pain, joint sounds, dysfunction and limitation in jaw movements. These disorders can affect the temporomandibular joints (TMJ) and masticatory muscles, and they affect the muscles, may represent local changes or even be characterized by pain. In these cases, the location of pain in the cervical and masticatory muscles appears to be important for the diagnosis and treatment of the source of pain, since they must be directed to two regions. Furthermore, postural changes of the head and its relationship with TMD has also been the subject of great scientific debates, without, however, be confirmed correlations between them. Hence, the objective of this work was to present a review of literature on cervical and TMD pain. It was noted that there are studies that seek to evaluate the cause and effect of the presence of pain and some cervical changes with the presence of TMD, especially pain in the masticatory muscles, with inconclusive results. The presence of trigger points in the cervical muscles and their relationship to pain in the masticatory muscles seems to be sedimented without however having clarified the pathophysiological mechanisms. Regarding the presence of postural changes and their relationship with TMD, many controversies remain to be investigated