The temporal/masseter co‐contraction: an electromyographic and clinical evaluation of short‐term stabilization splint therapy in myogenous CMD patients

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 387-389

  VISSER, A ^a   NAEIJE, M ^a   HANSSON, T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TIME; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BITE FORCE; CRANIOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029303082     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1995.tb00789.x     Document Type: Article

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