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Evaluation of lateral pterygoid muscle symptoms using a common palpation technique and a method of functional manipulation.

AbstractSeveral authors have suggested that certain muscles such as the lateral pterygoid muscle should be tested with functional manipulation. This study is designed to compare the findings of muscle symptoms in the lateral pterygoid muscle using two different examination techniques. Two groups of subjects participated in the study. Both groups were evaluated with digital palpation and functional manipulation. In the control group 14.3% of the subjects claimed to have some type of masticatory discomfort (85.7% of those with discomfort were females). In the control group no lateral pterygoid muscles were symptomatic to functional manipulation, while 27.6% of the same muscles were symptomatic to digital palpation. In the pain group all individuals had masticatory pain as a component of their dysfunction; 69.5% of the lateral pterygoid muscles were symptomatic to digital palpation, in contrast to 27.1 % of the same muscles being symptomatic to functional manipulation.These results suggest that palpation of ...