Objetivación de las diferencias en la movilidad del cráneo a través del rodamiento alternativo de temporales

Objective

The technique of “alternative rocking of temporal bones” was used to assess the different degree of mobility in the temporal bones in several age groups. Our objectives are: correlating the examiner’s subjective assessment with the objectively quantifiable data of time and power required to obtain the maximum rotation of each of the temporal bones, and understanding the relationship between the age of the patients with the time and power parameters used.

Materials and methods

21 subjects were divided into 3 different age groups. The Myomed 932 machine was used to obtain the time and power data.

A statistical study would allow to compare: a) experimenter's subjective data with objective data from Myomed machine; and b) objective data among different age groups.

Results

The time data showed no significant differences between the experimenter and the Myomed machine, but differences in the power data was showed. There are significant differences in the time data between the older and younger groups using the objectified data from Myomed machine.

Conclusions

The subjective assessment of the experimenter applying the technique is shared with the objectified data in our method and instrumentation.

There is an inverse relationship between the age and the time taken to apply the technique.

There are significant differences in terms of power used between the experimenter and the instrumentation used.