Asociación entre la postura cráneo cervical y los trastornos temporomandibulares. Una revisión de la literatura

Abstract

AIM: The aim of the present research was to determine the association between cranial cervical posture and temporomandibular disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A bibliographic research in the following databases was carried out: Pubmed, Redalyc, EBSCO, BVS, academic Google, Scielo and Scopus. Cross-sectional descriptive studies, case-control, correlational and cohort studies that evaluated cranial cervical posture related to temporomandibular disorders and that were published in the last 5 years in Spanish, English and Portuguese were included. RESULTS: 13 scientific articles were selected for the analysis. From these articles, 9 studies reported positive relations between the variables under study and 4 denied the existence of any type of relation between the variables. CONCLUSIONS: In the present and updated literature review study, it is possible to conclude that the association between temporomandibular dysfunction as a pathology that generates an influence when it is related to cranial cervical posture and the different position alterations that are produced in the head and neck areas, is still controversial among authors.