Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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Association Between Temporomandibular Disorders and Cervical Muscle Pressure Pain

측두하악장애와 경부근육 압통 간의 상관성

  • Im, Yeong-Gwan (Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Hyeong (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Gook (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University)
  • 임영관 (중앙대학교 의과대학 치과학교실) ;
  • 김재형 (전남대학교 치의학전문대학원 구강내과학교실) ;
  • 김병국 (전남대학교 치의학전문대학원 구강내과학교실)
  • Published : 2008.12.30
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Abstract

Aims: The aims of this study were to identify the association between cervical muscle pain and TMD by pressure pain response, and to find cervical muscles showing moderate to severe pressure pain that are correlated with masticatory muscle pain. Methods: Patients(n=129, female 65.9%, mean age 28.8 years) answered a TMD questionnaire asking about headache, neck pain, emotional stress, sleep disturbance, parafunction habits, and pain intensity. A clinical examination of the masticatory system was performed. Of the neck muscles, (1) the upper sternocleidomastoid, (2) the middle sternocleidomastoid, (3) the upper trapezius, (4) the splenius capitis, (5) the semispinalis capitis, (6) the scalene medius, and (7) the levator scapulae muscles were examined by palpation. Pressure pain or tenderness of all palpation sites was scored from 0 to 3 according to the pain response. The variables of sum of pressure pain scores were calculated from pressure pain scores and were used for statistical analyses. Results: Eighty patients(62.0%) answered that they suffer from neck pain in the TMD questionnaire. More than 40% of sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius examination sites showed moderate to severe tenderness in the cervical muscles, and 36% of middle masseter in the masticatory muscles. For the 129 patients, the sum of cervical muscle pain scores(mean=12.88, SD=8.06) and the sum of TMD pain scores(mean=5.36, SD=5.10) were moderately correlated($\rho$ = 0.502, P < 0.001). The sum of TMD pain scores tends to increase as the sum of cervical muscle pain scores increases(Y = 0.395${\cdot}$X, $R^2$ = 0.659, P < 0.001). In the patients with masticatory muscle disorders, the sum of sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius pain scores(mean = 8.67, SD = 4.95) and the sum of temporalis and masseter pain scores(mean = 3.37, SD = 3.56) showed moderate correlation($\rho$ = 0.375, P < 0.001). Those two variables were in a proportionate relationship(Y = 0.359${\cdot}$X, $R^2$ = 0.538, P < 0.001). In a partial correlation analysis of the sum of unilateral pain scores, the sum of right cervical muscle pain scores and the sum of left cervical muscle pain scores showed the highest correlation(r = 0.802, P < 0.001). The sum of right TMD pain scores and the sum of left TMD pain scores were moderately correlated(r = 0.481, P < 0.001). For the twenty patients with unilateral TMD pain, the partial correlation coefficient between the sum of ipsilateral cervical muscle pain scores and the sum of contralateral cervical muscle pain scores was the largest(r = 0.597, P = 0.009). A partial correlation between the sum of primary TMD side pain scores and the sum of ipsilateral cervical muscle pain scores was 0.564(P = 0.015). Conclusions: TMD is associated with cervical muscle pain on condition of pressure pain response to palpation. Of the cervical muscles, sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius frequently exhibit moderate to severe pressure pain, and they are closely related to the masticatory muscle pain. The characteristic of symmetric involvement of pain is prominent in cervical muscles; however, TMD can affect the level of cervical muscle pain to modify its symmetric nature.

목적: 측두하악장애 환자들에서 압통 검사를 통하여 경부근육 통증의 정도와 위치를 파악하고, 측두하악장애와 경부근육 통증과의 관련성을 규명하고자 하였다. 방법: 측두하악장애 환자(n=129, 여자 65.9% 평균=28.8세)에 대해서 두통, 목의 통증, 정서적 스트레스, 수면 장애, 이상 기능 습관 및 통증 강도에 대한 설문을 실시하였다. 저작계에 대하여 하악 운동범위, 악관절음, 악관절 촉진, 저작근 촉진 검사를 시행하였다. 빗목근 상부(sternocleidomastoid upper), 빗목근 중간(sternocleidomastoid middle), 등세모근 상부(upper trapezius), 머리널판근(splenius capitis), 머리반가시근(semispinalis capitis), 중간 목갈비근(scalene medius), 어깨올림근(levator scapulae)의 7부위의 경부 근육에 대하여 촉진에 의한 압통 검사를 하였다. 압통의 정도를 무통(0), 경도(1), 중등도(2), 심도(3)로 구분하여 판정하였다. 압통점수로부터 여러 통증점수 합계를 계산한 후 이후의 통계분석에 사용하였다. 결과: 80명(62.0%)의 환자가 설문에서 목의 통증을 경험한다고 답하였다. 측두하악장애 통증 점수와 경부 근육통 점수 간에는 유의한 상관관계가 있었다(r=0.538, P < 0.001). 경부 근육 중에서 중등도 이상의 압통이 40% 이상 발생하는 근육은 빗목근과 등세모근 상부였고 저작근 중에서는 깨물근(masseter) 중간에서 36%의 중등도 통증이 나타났다. 129명에 대한 경부근육통점수합과 측두하악장애통증점수합 사이에는 상당한 관련성이 있었으며($\rho$=0.502, P < 0.001), 측두하악장애통증점수합은 경부근육통점수합이 증가함에 따라 함께 증가하는 경향을 보였다(Y = 0.395 ${\cdot}$ X, $R^2$ = 0.659, P < 0.001). 저작근장애 환자에서 빗목근등세모근상부통증점수합과 관자근교근통증점수합은 중등도의 관련성($\rho$ = 0.375, P < 0.001)을 보였으며, 두 변수는 비례 관계에 있었다(Y = 0.359 ${\cdot}$ X, $R^2$ = 0.538, P < 0.001). 편측통증점수의 편상관관계분석에서 우측경부근육통증점수합과 좌측경부근육통증점수합은 가장 높은 상관성(r=0.802, P < 0.001)을 보였다. 우측측두하악장애통증점수합과 좌측측두하악장애통증점수합은 중등도의 상관성(r=0.481, P < 0.001)이 있었다. 편측성 측두하악장애 통증이 있는 20명의 환자에 대한 편상관관계분석에서 우측과 좌측의 편측경부근육통점수간의 상관성이 가장 높았고(r = 0.597, P = 0.009), 측두하악장애측통증점수합과 동측경부근육통증점수합 사이의 상관성(r = 0.564, P = 0.015)이 그 다음이었다. 결론: 측두하악장애 통증은 촉진에 의한 압통반응의 측면에서 경부근육 통증과 관련성을 보인다. 경부근육 중에서 빗목근과 등세모근상부가 중등도 이상의 통증을 흔하게 나타내며 저작근통증과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 경부근육에서는 통증의 대칭적인 이환 특성이 두드러지지만, 측두하악장애가 경부근육통의 수준에 영향을 주어 대칭적인 특성을 변화시킬 수 있다. 두부와 경부에 복잡한 통증 질환의 증상과 징후를 보이는 환자에서 경부 근육 통증의 진단과 치료에 관심을 가져야 한다.

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