EMG study on the effect of ageing on the human masseteric jaw‐jerk reflex

Gerodontology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 30-38

  Kossioni, A E ^a   Karkazis, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

age; electromyography; Jaw jerk reflex; masseter muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028475497     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.1994.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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