Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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Associations Among Different Types of Quantitative Pain Measures in TMD Patients

측두하악장애환자에서 다양한 종류의 정량적 통각검사들의 연관성에 관한 연구

  • Park, Ji-Woon (Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis School of Dentistry, and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Woo (Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis School of Dentistry, and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chung, Jin-Woo (Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis School of Dentistry, and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University)
  • 박지운 (서울대학교 치과대학 구강내과진단학 교실) ;
  • 김용우 (서울대학교 치과대학 구강내과진단학 교실) ;
  • 정진우 (서울대학교 치과대학 구강내과진단학 교실)
  • Published : 2007.12.30
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Abstract

The aims of this study were to investigate the relationships among several types of thermal pain thresholds, and pressure pain thresholds. This study was designed to examine whether there were associations among different types of pain thresholds, and among different recording sites for each pain threshold measurement. Pain sensitivity thresholds including cold pain threshold (CPT), heat pain threshold (HPT), heat pain tolerance threshold (PTT), and pressure pain threshold (PPT) of 56 subjects with symptoms of temporomandibular disorders were measured on temporal muscle, masseter muscle, TMJ, and tibial areas. Thermal pain thresholds including CPT, HPT, and PTT did not show any gender differences. However, women showed significantly lower PPTs than men on all recording sites. Three thermal pain thresholds including CPT, HPT, and PTT showed weak to high correlations on all the recording sites (r= 0.324 to 0.754, p<0.05). PPTs did not show any significant correlations between each thermal pain threshold. The pain threshold of each recording site showed weak to high correlations in all pain threshold measures (r= 0.284 to 0.878, p<0.05). Our study demonstrated that thermal pain thresholds, and pain tolerance thresholds were significantly correlated, but did not show any correlation between thermal pain thresholds and pressure pain thresholds. There were relatively high correlations among the pain thresholds of different recording sites.

다양한 종류의 정량적 통각검사들의 연관성을 알아보기 위하여 56 명의 측두하악장애 환자를 대상으로 측두근, 교근, 측두하악관절 부위, 그리고 경골근의 냉통각역치 (Cold Pain Threshold, CPT), 열통각역치 (Heat Pain Threshold, HPT), 열통증인내역치 (Heat Pain Tolerance Threshold, PTT), 압력통각역치 (Pressure Pain Threshold, PPT)를 측정하였으며, 각기 다른 통각 역치 간의 상관관계와 측정 부위 별 통각 역치 간의 상관 관계를 분석하였다. CPT, HPT, PTT를 포함한 온도통각역치의 성별간 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 PPT는 여성이 남성에 비하여 모든 부위에서 유의하게 낮은 역치를 나타내었다. CPT, HPT, PTT를 포함한 세 가지의 온도통각역치들은 모든 측정 부위에서 약정도에서 강정도 (mild to high)의 상관관계를 나타내었다 (r= 0.324-0.754, p<0.05). PPT 값은 각각의 온도통각역치와 통계적으로 유의한 상관관계를 나타내지 않았다. 모든 측정 부위의 통각역치값들은 서로간에 약정도에서 강정도 (mild to high)의 상관관계를 나타내었다 (r= 0.284-0.878, p<0.05). 측두하악장애 환자의 온도통각역치와 열통각인내역치 사이에는 유의한 상관관계가 존재하나 온도통각역치와 압력통각역치 간에는 상관관계가 나타나지 않는 것이 관찰되었으며, 각기 다른 부위에서 측정된 통각역치 간에는 비교적 높은 상관관계가 나타났다.

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