Journal ArticleInt J Environ Res Public Health · September 30, 2024
BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability for individuals and societies globally. Prior investigations have predominantly centered around biological and psychological factors. Addressing social determinants is critical for enhancin ...
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Journal ArticleAJPM Focus · June 2024
INTRODUCTION: This study investigates the associations between built environment features and 3-year BMI trajectories in children and adolescents. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study utilized electronic health records of individuals aged 5-18 years li ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pain · May 2024
U.S. military veterans experience higher pain prevalence than nonveterans. However, it is unclear how the disparities in pain prevalence have changed over time because previous trend studies are limited to veterans using the Veterans Health Administration. ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Dent Assoc · May 2024
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe whether certain occupations were over- or underrepresented and to compare biopsychosocial functioning by types of occupation and employment status among adults seeking orofacial pain (OFP) treatment. METHOD ...
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Journal ArticlePain · January 1, 2024
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively affected children's health in the United States (US), with more severe disruption for marginalized groups. However, potential impact on pediatric chronic pain has not been assessed at the population ...
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Journal ArticleJ Oral Rehabil · November 2023
BACKGROUND: The Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for use in adults is in use worldwide. Until now, no version of this instrument for use in adolescents has been proposed. OBJECTIVE: To present comprehensive and short-form adapta ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pain · November 2023
This study sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the PEG scale (PEG-S, whose items assess Pain intensity and pain interference with Enjoyment of life and General activity) in a sample of Spanish-speaking adults receiving ca ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA Netw Open · May 1, 2023
IMPORTANCE: Chronic pain risk and prognosis estimates are needed to inform effective interventions. OBJECTIVE: To estimate rates of chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain (HICP) incidence and persistence in US adults across demographic groups. DESIGN, S ...
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Journal ArticleJ Oral Rehabil · February 2023
BACKGROUND: The Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) are used worldwide in adults. Until now, no adaptation for use in children has been proposed. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to present comprehensive and short-form adaptati ...
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Journal ArticleChildren (Basel) · January 19, 2023
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of pediatric chronic pain by household food sufficiency status and examine whether food insufficiency would be associated with greater risk for chronic pain. We analyzed data from the 2019-2020 National Survey o ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in Digital Health · January 1, 2023
Background: Conflicting reports from varying stakeholders related to prognosis and outcomes following placement of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implants gave rise to the development of the TMJ Patient-Led RoundTable initiative. Following an assessment of ...
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Journal ArticleJ Dent Res · December 2022
The World Health Organization recently adopted a historic resolution (WHA74.5) on the urgent need for global oral health improvement. This resolution is particularly relevant in the perspective of the high prevalence of untreated oral diseases. However, on ...
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Journal ArticleEpidemiology · September 1, 2022
BACKGROUND: Neighborhoods may play an important role in shaping long-term weight trajectory and obesity risk. Studying the impact of moving to another neighborhood may be the most efficient way to determine the impact of the built environment on health. We ...
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Journal ArticleJ Oral Rehabil · May 2022
BACKGROUND: Unlike the psychosocial assessment established for adults in the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD), a standardised psychosocial assessment for children and adolescents with TMD complaints has not yet been established. ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Obes (Lond) · December 2021
OBJECTIVE: To explore the built environment (BE) and weight change relationship by age, sex, and racial/ethnic subgroups in adults. METHODS: Weight trajectories were estimated using electronic health records for 115,260 insured Kaiser Permanente Washington ...
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Journal ArticleJ Oral Rehabil · July 2021
BACKGROUND: Since in children and adolescence prevalence is assessed mainly on self-reported or proxy-reported signs and symptoms; there is a need to develop a more comprehensive standardised process for the collection of clinical information and the diagn ...
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Journal ArticlePaediatr Perinat Epidemiol · May 2021
BACKGROUND: Orofacial clefts (OFC) have multifactorial aetiology. Established risk factors explain a small proportion of cases. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate OFC risk by maternal rural residence and race/ethnicity, and test whether these associations changed aft ...
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Journal ArticleJ Dent Educ · March 2021
Dentists stand in an optimal position to prevent and manage patients suffering from chronic orofacial pain (OFP) disorders, such as temporomandibular disorders, burning mouth syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia, persistent idiopathic dentoalveolar pain, among o ...
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Journal ArticleOral Surg · November 2020
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is a collective term for a group of musculoskeletal conditions involving pain and/or dysfunction in the masticatory muscles, temporomandibular joints (TMJ) and associated structures. It is the most common type of non-odont ...
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Journal ArticleScand J Pain · July 2017
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (AIMS): Measurement error of intraoral quantitative sensory testing (QST) has been assessed using traditional methods for reliability, such as intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Most studies reporting QST reliability focused ...
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Journal ArticleOral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · June 2016
This article presents 2 cases of different neuropathic trigeminal pain conditions treated with intraoral botulinum toxin injections. There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of this substance when administered subcutaneously in the treatment ...
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Journal ArticleJ Oral Facial Pain Headache
AIMS: To investigate, in individuals with pain-related temporomandibular disorder (TMD), the association of long-term pain intensity with baseline health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and jaw functional limitation. METHODS: Of 513 cases with baseline pai ...
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