Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2771128 | Scandinavian Journal of Pain | 2011 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The low EMG responses in the TMD group may be taken in support of the Pain Adaptation Model of musculoskeletal pain, in which reduced muscular activity serves to protect a painful area. However, it may also be supportive of the Integrated Pain Adaptation Model, where higher central nervous structures influence local muscular output. The group similarities in systemic physiological responding in combination with the elevated levels of negative state affect in the TMD patients confirm previous reports of psychosocial differences being more reliable indicators of TMD than generalized physiological responding.
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Authors
Christine Mohn, Olav Vassend, Stein Knardahl,