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: Received: 4 December 2023 / Approved: 4 December 2023 / Online: 5 December 2023 (20:34:55 CET)
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Kruk-Majtyka, W.A.; Marciniak, T. The relationship between Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Pain Pressure Threshold of the Masseter Muscle Healthy Young Subjects: A Pilot Study. Preprints2023, 2023120288. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0288.v1
Kruk-Majtyka, W.A.; Marciniak, T. The relationship between Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Pain Pressure Threshold of the Masseter Muscle Healthy Young Subjects: A Pilot Study. Preprints 2023, 2023120288. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0288.v1
Kruk-Majtyka, W.A.; Marciniak, T. The relationship between Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Pain Pressure Threshold of the Masseter Muscle Healthy Young Subjects: A Pilot Study. Preprints2023, 2023120288. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0288.v1
APA Style
Kruk-Majtyka, W.A., & Marciniak, T. (2023). The relationship between Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Pain Pressure Threshold of the Masseter Muscle Healthy Young Subjects: A Pilot Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0288.v1
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Kruk-Majtyka, W.A. and Tomasz Marciniak. 2023 "The relationship between Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Pain Pressure Threshold of the Masseter Muscle Healthy Young Subjects: A Pilot Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0288.v1
Abstract
The correlation between pain and emotional status in subjects with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is known. Regardless of that up to date these findings were seldomly confronted with the objective assessment of pain using a digital algometer on the mastication muscles. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the emotional status, chronic pain pain pressure threshold (PPT). 38 subjects were screened for the existence of temporomandibular disorders with the 3Q/TMD questionnaire, for chronic pain (GCPS) and emotional status (PHQ-9 and GAD-7). The results were confronted with the PPT measured with the digital algometer on the masseter muscles. Each subject was examined three times (after 1 month and after 7 months from the initial exami-nation session. Chronic pain scores (GCPS) were found to be higher in the TMD group in all three examination sessions (p<0,05). The pain, depression and anxiety levels were higher in females de-spite the existence of TMD, but only some were significant.A correlation between chronic orofacial pain scores and PPT was found in 2 out of 3 examination sessions. The PPT scores on the masseter muscles did not correlate with the emotional state in the study population.
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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