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Craniofacial pain and jaw-muscle activity during sleep.

Abstract
This study compared the jaw-muscle electromyographic (EMG) activity during sleep in patients with craniofacial pain (n = 63) or no painful conditions (n = 52) and between patients with tension-type headache (TTH: n = 30) and healthy control individuals (n = 30). All participants used a portable single-channel EMG device (Medotech A/S) for four nights. There was no significant difference in EMG activity between craniofacial pain (24.5 ± 17.9 events/hr) and no painful conditions (19.7 ± 14.5), or between TTH (20.8 ± 15.0) and healthy control individuals (15.2 ± 11.6, p >.050). There were positive correlations between EMG activity and number of painful muscles (r = 0.188; p = 0.044), characteristic pain intensity (r = 0.187; p = 0.046), McGill Pain Questionnaire (r = 0.251; p = 0.008), and depression scores (r = 0.291; p = 0.002). Patients with painful conditions had significantly higher night-to-night variability compared with pain-free individuals (p < 0.050). This short-term observational study suggests that there are no major differences between patients with different craniofacial pain conditions and pain-free individuals in terms of jaw-muscle EMG activity recorded with a single-channel EMG device during sleep. However, some associations may exist between the level of EMG activity and various parameters of craniofacial pain. Longitudinal studies are warranted to further explore the relationship between sleep bruxism and craniofacial pain.
AuthorsW Yachida, E E Castrillon, L Baad-Hansen, R Jensen, T Arima, A Tomonaga, N Ohata, P Svensson
JournalJournal of dental research (J Dent Res) Vol. 91 Issue 6 Pg. 562-7 (Jun 2012) ISSN: 1544-0591 [Electronic] United States
PMID22518029 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Depression (complications)
  • Electromyography
  • Facial Pain (complications, physiopathology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Masticatory Muscles (physiopathology)
  • Middle Aged
  • Observation
  • Pain Measurement
  • Sleep Bruxism (complications, physiopathology)
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (complications, physiopathology)
  • Tension-Type Headache (complications, physiopathology)
  • Young Adult

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