Joint-related dysfunction can be caused by a variety of factors
- Inflammation
- Capsulitis (inflammation of the joint capsule)
- Synovitis (synovial inflammation)
- Inflammation of the bilaminar zone
- Inflammation of the retrocondylar cushion
- Discopathy (disc damage)
- Condylar displacement – displacement of the condyle.
- Morphological changes – structural changes
- Bony changes
- Cartilaginous changes
- Systemic diseases
- Psoriasis (psoriasis)
- Polyarthritis rheumatica – inflammatory rheumatic disease that occurs suddenly with a general feeling of illness, shoulder and pelvic girdle pain and signs of inflammation; onset over the age of 50.
- And others
Purely joint-related causes of dysfunction are rather rare, usually the complex picture of CMD results from a variety of influencing factors.
