Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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Survey of Pain to Palpation of the Occipitofrontalis Muscle in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders

측두하악장애 환자에서의 뒤통수이마근의 촉진 통증 양태

  • Im, Yeong-Gwan (Department of Oral Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Gook (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University)
  • 임영관 (전남대학교치과병원 구강내과) ;
  • 김병국 (전남대학교 치의학전문대학원 구강내과학교실)
  • Received : 2010.07.20
  • Accepted : 2010.08.25
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

Aim: The aims of this study were to survey the frequency of pain to palpation of the occipitofrontalis muscle in a TMD patient group, and to identify patients showing pain to palpation of the occipitofrontalis muscle that is also consistent with patients' headache symptom. Methods: A total of 218 TMD patients ($32.0{\pm}13.1$ years) participated in this study. Patients' symptoms, including headache, were surveyed by questionnaire. Temporomandibular joints, jaw muscles, and pericranial muscles including the occipitofrontalis muscle were examined with digital palpation. Pain to palpation (i.e. tenderness) was scored from 0 to 3 according to the patients' response, and frequencies were calculated of pain to palpation scores for each site of the pericranial muscles. Results: Twelve patients among 218 TMD patients (5.5%) showed pain to palpation (scores of 1, 2) on the occipitalis or frontalis sites, and seven patients (3.2%) had moderate pain (a score of 2) to palpation. Among 218 TMD patients, there was only one patient whose primary symptomatic site of headache corresponded with the result of pain to palpation of the occipitofrontalis muscle. Conclusion: It can be concluded that examination with palpation of the occipitofrontalis muscle could be considered in the evaluation of TMD patients' headache symptom when other factors have been ruled out.

본 연구의 목적은 측두하악장애 환자 그룹에서 뒤통수이마근의 촉진 통증의 빈도를 조사하고, 환자의 두통 증상과 일치하는 뒤통수이마근의 촉진 통증을 보이는 환자를 확인하는 것이었다. 218명의 환자($32.0{\pm}13.1$세)를 대상으로 두통을 포함한 증상에 대한 문진을 하였으며, 턱관절, 씹기근육 및 뒤통수이마근을 포함한 머리둘레근육을 촉진으로 검사하였다. 촉진에 대한 통증은 환자의 반응에 따라 0에서 3까지 점수를 부여하였고 머리둘레근육의 각 부위에 대해 촉진 통증 점수의 빈도를 산출하였다. 218명의 측두하악장애 환자 중 12명(5.5%)에서 뒤통수힘살 또는 이마힘살 부위에서 촉진 통증(점수 1, 2)을 보였고, 그 중 7명의 환자(3.2%)에서는 중등도의 촉진 통증(점수 2)을 보였다. 두통의 주 증상 부위와 뒤통수이마근의 촉진 통증 결과가 일치하는 환자는 218명의 측두하악장애 환자 중 1명이었다. 결론적으로 측두하악장애 환자의 두통 증상을 평가하는데 다른 요인들이 관련되지 않는다면 뒤통수이마근에 대한 촉진 검사를 고려해 볼 수 있다.

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