Wallace C, Klineberg I J
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, University of Sydney, Australia.
J Orofac Pain. 1993 Winter;7(1):83-8.
A craniocervical dysfunction index has been developed (based on the Helkimo Dysfunction Index) to comprehensively assess craniocervical dysfunction and to objectively monitor the management of patients who present with these clinical problems. The close functional interrelationship of temporomandibular joints, jaw muscles, and cervical joints and muscles is reviewed, and a mechanism is proposed to explain dysfunctional relationships between these structures. This is the first of three papers stemming from a clinical study that investigated craniomandibular disorders and assessed the effect of routine dental management on craniomandibular and craniocervical dysfunction.
已开发出一种颅颈功能障碍指数（基于赫尔基莫功能障碍指数），以全面评估颅颈功能障碍，并客观监测出现这些临床问题的患者的治疗情况。本文回顾了颞下颌关节、颌面部肌肉以及颈椎关节和肌肉之间紧密的功能相互关系，并提出了一种机制来解释这些结构之间的功能障碍关系。这是一项临床研究的三篇论文中的第一篇，该研究调查了颅颌疾病，并评估了常规牙科治疗对颅颌和颅颈功能障碍的影响。
