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Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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Comparison of absolute and relative thermal QST thresholds In the orofacial region of the young Korean women

젊은 한국 여성의 구강안면영역에서 절대적 온도역치와 상대적 온도역치간의 비교

  • Kim, Ki-Suk (Department of Oral Medicine, Dankook University School of Dentistry)
  • 김기석 (단국대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실)
  • Received : 2013.11.14
  • Accepted : 2013.11.30
  • Published : 2013.12.30
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Abstract

To diagnose sensory nerve damage, patient values for thermal stimuli as quantitative sensory test (QST) can be compared with the values of the general population (absolute reference data) or to values measured at contralateral unaffected side (relative reference data). It is well know that relative reference data are more sensitive for detecting sensory abnormality than absolute reference data. However it is still lack of the studies for comparisons between relative and absolute data. This study aimed to evaluate the validity of relative reference data and compare the sensitivities of the two approaches in the orofacial region. In 19 young Korean women as normal subjects, quantitative somatosensory thermotest were done in the forehead, cheek, mentum, lower lip and tongue tip bilaterally. After we get the standard deviations (SD) of average reference data and relative reference data, the ratios SD absolute data/SD relative data were calculated. Our study showed that relative reference data for side to side comparisons in the same patient have the high ratios than the absolute reference data, i.e. the side to side comparisons with relative reference data exhibit gain in sensitivity in assessment of sensory abnormality.

신경손상과 관련된 감각이상의 평가 시 정량적 감각 신경검사법 중의 하나인 열역치검사법을 사용하며 환자의 열 자극에 대한 역치 값은 건강한 집단을 대상으로 하여 얻은 정상치 (절대값)와 비교하거나 손상부와 대응되는 비이환측에서 측정한 값 (상대값)과 좌우 비교를 통해 정상여부를 판단한다. 기존의 문헌들을 통해 상대값을 이용한 좌우비교가 집단의 절대값을 이용한 방법보다 감각신경의 이상을 판단하는데 더 효율적이라고 알려져 있지만 구강안면부에서 절대값에 대해 상대값이 갖는 효율성 여부와 그 정도에 대한 연구가 부족하기에 이번 연구를 통해 구강안면부에서 상대값의 타당도를 평가하고 절대값과 효율성을 비교하고자 하였다. 19명의 건강한 성인여성을 대상으로 이마, 뺨, 이부, 하순, 혀의 양측에 정량적 온도역치검사를 시행하여 상대 값과 절대값에 대한 평균과 표준편차를 계산하였다. 연구를 통해 각 구강안면부에서 상대값을 이용한 좌우비교 시 유의한 차이가 없었으며 대부분 유의한 상관관계를 보였으며 절대값을 이용한 방법에 비해 최대 4.6배 작은 표준편차를 보였다. 결론적으로 구강안면부에서 상대값을 이용한 정량적 온도역치검사법은 타당도가 있으며 절대값을 이용한 방법에 비해 감각신경의 이상을 판단하는데 유리하다고 볼 수 있다.

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