Clinical Study of 100 TMD Patients: Disc Displacement, Muscle Disorders, and Outcomes

Sunil Kumar Vaddamanu's dataset contains clinical data from 100 patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). It analyzes associations between temporomandibular joint disc displacement, muscle disorders, and patient-reported outcomes for pain, function, and quality of life. The data suggests disc displacement pathology is amplified in the presence of concomitant muscle disorders.

Use Cases

• Comparing pain (VAS scores), function (Helkimo Index), and quality of life (OHIP-14) scores across patient subgroups.
• Investigating the independent association of disc displacement with pain and function after controlling for covariates.
• Modeling the amplified effect of disc displacement when co-occurring with muscle disorders on clinical outcomes.
• Replicating regression analyses on the relationship between TMD subtypes and patient-reported measures.

Strengths

• Contains data from a clearly defined cohort of 100 TMD patients.
• Includes validated clinical assessment tools: Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Helkimo Index, and OHIP-14.
• Freely available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse and analysis.

Limitations

• Column names and full data schema are not provided in the available metadata.
• The dataset size (496356) is given in bytes, but the exact number of rows is not specified.
• Documentation is limited to the abstract description; detailed data dictionaries are absent.

Provenance

Source

Sunil Kumar Vaddamanu

Collection Method

Clinical data collection from 100 TMD patients, analyzed and grouped by diagnostic category.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03 24.

Geography

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