Assessment of neck disability index in people with bruxism

Abstract

Aim: Assessment of neck disability index in people with bruxism.
 Material and Methods: The study was conducted on a group of 40 subjects of both sexes, in the age range of 18 to 38 years old, with diagnosed bruxism according to Panek (B2, B3). The control group consisted of the same number of subjects in the same age range without bruxism. The research tool was the standardized neck spine disability index (NDI). The scale consists of an examination date and a follow-up after time and 10 questions related to: pain intensity, daily activities, lifting, reading, headaches, concentration, working, driving, sleeping and recreation.
 Results: Individuals with bruxism are more likely to have higher rates of neck disability index. The analyses conducted showed that individuals diagnosed with bruxism achieved higher levels of pain for almost all factors on the NDI scale. The study found that significantly higher difficulty and pain intensity was present for almost all aspects among those aged 25-31 years, those with a university education, and those who were employed.
 Conclusion: The biomechanical connections between the stomatognathic system and the cervical spine indicate the need for functional assessment of the cervical spine in individuals with bruxism.

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“…7 It is important to study the situations that cause bruxism, since, in addition to the well-recognized effects on teeth, it can affect masticatory muscles and postural muscles of the cervical spine, which may cause muscular pain and future chronic permanent changes and headaches. 8 There needs to be a biomechanical balance between the temporomandibular joint and the posterior neck muscles for maintaining head position stability, thus malposition of one can affect the function of the other, 9 which in the long term can lead to loss of physiological cervical lordosis, pain, and disability. The way of measuring muscular activity without interfering in the subject's movement or causing any pain is by using surface electromyography (sEMG), by measuring the electrical potential produced during muscle contractions, compared to other types of equipment used to measure subjects' posture or masticatory force, this equipment would let us measure without any interference, and in a non-controlled setting.…”