Correlation of the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder in adolescent athletes and nonathletes/Povezanost u rasprostranjenosti simptoma temporomandibularnih poremecaja kod sportasa i nesportasa u adolescentnoj dobi

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders of adolescent athletes and adolescent non-athletes. Material and methods: The study included 90 male subjects who were divided into two groups: experimental (high school students aged from 15-18 years who practiced soccer, three or more times a week) and control (high school students aged from 15-18 years who do not practice sports activities for more than one hour a week or they are not involved in sports at all) groups. All subjects were tested according to Axis I of RDC/TMD protocol. Results: Statistically significantly difference was found in the size of the vertical range of motion at unassisted opening without pain (p = 0.000), at maximum unassisted mouth opening (p = 0.000) and at maximum assisted mouth opening in athletes (p = 0.000). Non-athletes were more likely to report teeth grinding at night (p = 0.041), and more headaches and migraines (p = 0.027). Adolescent athletes had better oral health ([chi-square] = 17,390, p = 0.004) and significantly higher muscle weakness ([chi-square] = 6070, p = 0.048). Key words Temporomandibular Joint Disorders; Adolescent; Athletes Svrha: Zeljela se odrediti povezanost u rasprostranjenosti simptoma temporomandibularnih poremecaja kod sportasa i nesportasa u adolescentnoj dobi. Materijali i metode: U istrazivanju je sudjelovalo 90 mladica podijeljenih u dvije skupine--eksperimentalnu (srednjoskolci od 15 do 18 godina koji su trenirali nogomet tri puta na tjedan ili cesce) i kontrolnu (takocer srednjoskolci u istoj dobi, no ne treniraju nista ili u tjednu vjezbaju do jedan sat). Svi sudionici testirani su prema protokolu RDC/TMD Axis I. Rezultati: Pronacena je statisticki znacajna razlika u vertikalnoj dimenziji nepotpomognutog otvaranja usta bez bolova (p = 0,000), maksimalnog nepotpomognutog otvaranja usta (p = 0,000) i potpomognutog otvaranja usta kod sportasa (p = 0,000). Nesportasi su skloniji nocnom skripanju zubima (p = 0,041) te cesce pate od glavobolja i migrena (p = 0,027). Adolescenti sportasi imali su bolje oralno zdravlje ([chi-square] = 17,390, p = 0,004) i znacajno slabije misice ([chi-square] = 6070, p = 0,048). Kljucne rijeci temporomandibularni zglob, poremecaji; adolescenti; sportasi